Re: [squid-users] Question about Parent Cache

On 8/02/2012 20:13, someone wrote:
> Ok im running squid 3.16 on debian, and I have my proxy configured for a
> parent cache thats upstream, well, What I have discovered is that my
> local squid NEVER serves cache when its configured for parent cache,
> only advantage im getting is from the upstream squid which serves cache
> fine, so, my point is, its pretty much pointless to have a squid cache
> down here configured for a parent cache, when the parent cache is the
> only one serving up cache.
>
> Sort of makes the whole deal pointless. Might as well just illiminate my
> local cache and configure my firewall rules to just use the upstream
> cache. Anything im missing here?
>
Hi,

Using tcpflow or wireshark, can you capture the headers of the packets
coming back from your upstream ?

It might also pay to send the config lines from your squid.conf to the list.

Cheers,

Pieter
Received on Wed Feb 08 2012 - 07:52:01 MST