Is my squid cache really working?

Hi,

        I wonder if my squid 1.1.6 cache is really working. It looks to me
that all requests are missed. This is even so strong that backtracking in my
browser after a couple of minutes will refetch the item from the actual
source, even if I know it should be in the squid cache. The access log says
things like:

857423279.128 31635 194.183.97.85 TCP_REFRESH_MISS/200 2928 GET
http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/ - DIRECT/squid.nlanr.net text/html
857423293.393 13018 194.183.97.85 TCP_REFRESH_MISS/200 10712 GET
http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/Squidlogo2.gif - DIRECT/squid.nlanr.net
image/gif

The store.log says:

857422294.477 RELEASE 200 790317671 790302793 -2 text/html
74053/74053 GET 15/GET/http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/FAQ.html
857422311.939 RELEASE 200 790317687 775972417 -2 image/gif
10537/10537 GET 17/GET/http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/Squidlogo2.gif
857422320.505 SWAPOUT 200 790318845 775972417 -2 image/gif
10537/10537 GET http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/Squidlogo2.gif
857422489.703 SWAPOUT 200 790318817 790302793 -2 text/html
74053/74053 GET http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/FAQ.html

So, it looks like the objects are 'swapped out' almost as soon as they
arrive. Does that mean that these items are not cached?

Other objects (e.g. http://www.next.com/) seem to reside in the cache just fine.

857423780.288 96 194.183.97.85 TCP_HIT/200 1614 GET
http://www.next.com/ - NONE/- text/html
857423782.294 115 194.183.97.85 TCP_HIT/200 5427 GET
http://www.next.com/PoweredBy/Images/PoweredByNEXTSTEP.gif - NONE/-
image/gif
857423784.412 3515 194.183.97.85 TCP_HIT/200 52825 GET
http://www.next.com/Images/NeXTHomePage.jpg - NONE/- image/jpeg

and:

857423780.277 SWAPIN 200 -2 785212422 -2 text/html
1452/1452 GET http://www.next.com/
857423781.136 SWAPIN 200 -2 786169162 -2 image/jpeg
52661/52661 GET http://www.next.com/Images/NeXTHomePage.jpg
857423782.258 SWAPIN 200 -2 745901840 -2 image/gif
5265/5265 GET http://www.next.com/PoweredBy/Images/PoweredByNEXTSTEP.gif

Is it something with the Squid FAQ that makes it uncacheable?

My system runs a lonely cache (not in any hierarchy yet). The system was
under a heavy load (compiling).

Yours,

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Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) NEXTSTEP RD242
"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there"
Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud.
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