Re: Dead Parent?

Try setting:

single_parent_bypass on
cache_host www-cache.demon.co.uk parent 8080 7 default no-query

D

Gordon@multitone.co.uk wrote:

> Hi,
> I've just upgraded from a squid 1.0.? to 1.1.7 attempting to get caching
> working (it saved almost nothing)
>
> My squid is on a firewall machine with one known parent outside, via a
> dial-up line. I keep getting the message
>
> Detected DEAD Parent www-cache.demon.co.uk
>
> and from then on, everything outside the firewall is inaccessible with
> 'no peers to query'. As long as I started the old squid on-line, it
> never did this and seemed to find other outside machines on its own.
>
> The squid.conf ine is (and was):
>
> cache_host www-cache.demon.co.uk parent 8080 7
>
> Any idea what's going on or how I can work around this?
>
> TIA, regards,
> Gordon.

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