Re: How to make Squid 1.2 really use a Parent ?

Here is what I did in the squid.conf. Change the line that starts

#inside_firewall whatever.com

TO

inside_firewall none

http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/FAQ/FAQ-4.html
4.8 How do I configure Squid to work behind a firewall?
    As a special case you may specify the domain as none to force all requests
to be fetched from siblings and parents.

A.R. Cache Op wrote:
>
> How do you make Squid 1.2 ACTUALLY use parents it has been given ?
>
> This is the parent list
>
> cache_peer whale.telstra.net parent 3128 3130
> cache_peer kraken.telstra.net parent 3128 3130
> cache_peer ozric.telstra.net parent 3128 3130
>
> This is what I get in the logs, 80% go DIRECT, 20% use the
> Parent. How come Squid 1.1 seemed to obey its list, why does 1.2 not?
>
> 906047108.374 5059 203.18.148.5 TCP_MISS/200 30466 GET
> http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,26477,00.html - DIRECT/www.news.com text/html
>
> 906047365.547 5357 203.18.148.5 TCP_MISS/200 3261 GET
> http://www.news.com/Images/Business/9_98/0916sgistock.gif -
> TIMEOUT_FIRST_PARENT_MISS/ozric.telstra.netimage/gif
>
> Thanks,
>
> 'C' ya ...
>
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