Re: parent problems

> You, Henny Bekker, shaped the electrons to say:
>
> +> EXTERNAL SQUID 1 DIALINS
> +> | |
> +> | |
> +> ROUTER 1 ---------- PROXY SERVER 1-------
> +> |
> +> |
> +> ROUTER 2 ---------- PROXY SERVER 2-------
> +> |
> +> |
> +> EXTERNAL SQUID 2
> +>
> +I think you can solve this by using weights in the parent relations in PS1 and
> +PS2 to respectively ES1 and ES2. In PS1 you should have ES1 as a parent with
> +the highest weight factor (ackting as the default) and have ES1 as a parent
> +with a lower weight factor (ackting as fall-back)..
>
> ahhh ok... but what do the weight numbers represent....
>
> cache_host ES1 parent 3128 3130 weight=2
> cache_host PS2 parent 3128 3130 weight=1
>
> ive tried.. didnt work :(
>
Hmm.. I'm using Squid v1.1.19 and Squid v1.1.20 with:
   cache_host cache.nic.surfnet.nl parent 3128 3130 weight=20
   cache_host info-old.nic.surfnet.nl parent 3128 3130 weight=10
and it's working alright.. The "info-old" is used in cace of failure to
reache the "cache" ..

See the squid.conf:
# use 'weight=n' to specify a weighted parent.
# The weight must be an integer. The default weight
# is 1, larger weights are favored more.

Cheers, Henny

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