Hello, I am using several squids to accelerate 2 web servers and had some questions? 1. If I never want squid to cache web pages will a no_cache ACL have the same effect as always_direct? 2. Is there a way within squid to load balance connections between multiple backend servers that will detect server failure. Thanks, Jerry -- Jerry Thomas thomasj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx I.T. Director ph. 305-662-5959 ext. 242 The SCORE Group fax 305-662-8922