Re: [squid-users] gateway timeout question

Try the "broken_posts" directive in squid.conf.. It may help..

Regards
Henrik Nordstr�m
Squid Hacker

Pat Lendon wrote:
>
> Hi All,]
>
> I am having trouble accessing a website.
>
> I can get to the site's main web page:
>
> http://64.132.117.101/brcdemlx/login/ecomm_login.cfm
>
> However, I need to then click on the "login" button and that is when a
> "timeout" occurs.
>
> I am runnig Squid 2.4.STABLE2 on Unix and Linux systems. Using either
> Squid or Apache, a timeout occurrs on the url:
>
> http://64.132.117.101/brcdemlx/login/header_login.cfm
>
> Error message is:
> HTTP/1.1 504 Gateway Timeout
> The firewall did not receive a timely and complete response from the
> upstream server it accessed in attempting to complete the request. This
> may be due to one or more of the following: An incorrectly formatted
> response from the web server, the web server suddenly became
> unavailable, an overly congested network link between the web server and
> the firewall, or extraordinarily high latency between the web server and
> the firewall. The request seen by the firewall was: (same as url
> listed above).
>
> >From the squid logs, I see error 500 (Internal Server Error).
>
> The puzzle is, when I go home and use RoadRunner, I have no problem
> clicking on the login button and there is no "timeout" for
> http://64.132.117.101/brcdemlx/login/header_login.cfm
>
> What do you think might be the cause of the timeout? Is the above
> website using an odd port (non-standard port) that the firewall at work
> does not allow? I'm not sure exactly what is happening.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> -Pat
Received on Mon Nov 05 2001 - 12:04:07 MST