SQUID chaching, do i really need it

[HTTP-404]

Hello

i have small net 3 computers, linux mandrake 8 gateway to internet, i run squid 2.3 for y net

i don't have my dsl anymore that's why i wanted to use chaching, coz i'm at isdn now i want some sites to be cached, so i can view them offline, but looks like squid doesn't allow me to use cahche when i'm not connected


my question is, do i really need it than?

thnx a lot

[Craig McPherson]

Squid is very cool, but no, it probably won't work very well while your Internet connection is down.

Squid is somewhat complicated (not too bad) and eats up a ton of RAM (which is adjustable, depending on how much you want to cache) and a ton of disk space (also adjustable), but it can make things very, very fast.