Hi henric I have allready running cache_peer for this box default set to a master squid box. Yes i attempted /etc/hosts enry for this specifc intranet site and also checked on /etc/nsswitch.conf. Still squid is looking for DNS when resolving. Is their any specific entry to ask squid to use /etc/hosts when resolving? Chanaka > On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 chanaka@xxxxxx wrote: > >> Is their a a methood wher you can tell squid to directly connect to a >> specific web site by providing its IP addredd without DNS lookups. > > cache_peer > > or /etc/hosts > > or requesting the site by IP. > > Regards > Henrik >