How I hate to top post! I suspect your windows firewall might be blocking the connection. That is a wild guess, for me. If you follow the HOWTO I showed you to the extent that Squid runs, without the authentication bits, is the problem still there? I run Squid on Unix, so the Windows side is not familiar. I was just using common sense ;) * GreySoft Solutions <greysoft@xxxxxxxxx> [20050712 16:13]: wrote: > Wash.. > Presently I am testing Squid in an XP M/c.. > Telnet says > "Connecting To 177.177.177.177...Could not open a connection to host > on port 3128 : > Connect failed" > > where 177.177.177.177 is my XP M/c.. > > The cache.log and access.log have no entry of the client m/c > no error in the squid.exe.log... > > > On 7/12/05, Odhiambo Washington <wash@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > * GreySoft Solutions <greysoft@xxxxxxxxx> [20050712 15:07]: wrote: > > > Hi Friends, > > > I am new to Squid/Squid NT...so sorry if my question sounds stupid.. > > > I am facing a problem configuring SquidNT 2.5... > > > > > > None of my Network PC's can access Net..its running on default port 3128 > > > > > > What does 'telnet ip-of-squid-NT 3128' give you? > > What does it say in the logs? access.log and cache.log > > > > Does this HOWTO help: > > http://kb.papercutsoftware.com/Main/InstallingAndConfiguringSquidNTProxy > > > > > > -Wash > > > > http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html > > > > -- > > +======================================================================+ > > |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <wash@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com > > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 > > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 > > +======================================================================+ > > Pohl's law: > > Nothing is so good that somebody, somewhere, will not hate it. > > Best regards, Odhiambo Washington Systems Admin, Wananchi Online Ltd. Are you hosting your domain name with the leaders??: See http://webhosting.info/webhosts/tophosts/Country/KE DISCLAIMER : http://ns2.wananchi.com/~wash/Email/disclaimer.txt ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Odhiambo WASHINGTON . WANANCHI ONLINE LTD (Nairobi, KE) http://www.wananchi.com/email/ . 1ere Etage, Loita Hse, Loita St., Mobile: (+254) 722 743 223 . # 10286, 00100 NAIROBI ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- The truly righteous man attains life, but he who pursues evil goes to his death. Proverbs 11:19