Session level technique for improving web browsing performance on low speed links

Apparatus for retrieving embedded objects of a web page across links, comprising:

• means for receiving, at a gateway, a requested top-level web page having at least one embedded uniform resource locator (URL) from at least one content server in response to a request for said web page from an end-user browser;
• means for modifying said at least one embedded URL with an IP address of a caching proxy;
• and
• means for sending said top-level web page and modified embedded URLs to said end-user browser, wherein said end-user browser is adapted to receive said at least one embedded URL from said caching proxy.

A computer readable medium including software instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method, comprising:

• receiving a requested top-level web page having at least one embedded uniform resource locator (URL) from at least one content server in response to a request for said web page from an end-user browser;
• modifying said at least one embedded URL with an IP address of a caching proxy;
• and
• sending said top-level web page and modified embedded URLs to said end-user browser, wherein said end-user browser is adapted to receive said at least one embedded URL from said caching proxy.