This is the best way you can practice and familiarize yourself with Cisco routers and IOS for people wanting to get started with Cisco products. I have used this tool in the past and found it to be very helpful. The intuitive graphics shows you the packet flow for the network you configure from scratch. [...]
WCCPv1:
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1. Only single router can participate in a cluster of WCCP-capable devices
2. Intercepts and redirects HTTP and HTTPS
3. Does not allow load balancing
WCCPv2:
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1. Supports multiple routers can redirect to clusters and devices, allows for load balancing.
2. Support for non HTTP and HTTPS protocols such as other TCP or UDP packets.
3. Capable of MD5 authentication.
4. Notification [...]