[K12OSN] Squid and SquidGuard help

["David Trask" <dtrask vcs u52 k12 me us>]

Hi all,

Been awhile, but I'm at it again.  Many of you may have heard that the
State of Maine is giving laptops to every single 7th and 8th grader
statewide beginning this fall.  That means a whole lotta' computers are
dropping in on my network in a hurry.  I need a proxy server...and bad!  I
also currently run a redirected filtering service from N2H2 (Bess).  I
unfortunately didn't take the added computers into account when I budgeted
for the Bess filtering service (simply a proxy server offsite that
provides our filtering).  

Today I used my K12lLTSP 2.0 discs to install (custom) RH 7.2 and Squid
w/SquidGuard on a PIII 667mhz with 128mb RAM and a 10gb HDD   (one
NIC...do I need two?...I just want it to sit somehwere on my network...not
like a gateway).  After a lot of friggin' around I finally got Squid to
work (I think...I set my browser to proxy to the IP of the machine and
port 3128...and it went out OK), but not SquidGuard.  I followed Eric's
directions to no avail.  I think I'm not getting Squid right....I'm trying
to basically do a simple stock install with no major modifications at this
point....I simply want to see it work and then I'll worry about tweaking
it.  Can any provide me with or direct me to a simple easy to follow
How-To for Squid.  I tried the Linux Doc Project and it was not very
helpful....I want easy to follow steps to get Squid up and running and
then maybe I can get Eric's directions for SquidGuard to work.  

Would I be better off using a RH 7.2 disc and installing from there as
opposed to using the K12LTSP disc?  Maybe I was too tired, but it seemed
as if some stuff didn't end up in the directories it was supposed to.  I'd
appreciate any help ya'll can give me.  Thanks!

PS....it looks like our budget will probably pass and I'll be able to get
my BEAST (server) for my K12LTSP for this fall.  :-)

David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Coordinator
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask vcs u52 k12 me us
(207)923-3100