Re: prefer parent peer

[rihad <rihad@xxxxxxx>]

Mark Elsen wrote:
> > Is there a way to configure Squid 2 to always first try fetching through
> > the (only) parent, and if that fails, then go direct?
> >
> > Here's what I have now, and this fails miserably if x.x.x.x is down:
> >
> > cache_peer x.x.x.x       parent    3128  3130 no-query default
> > never_direct allow all
>
>
>     Use :
>
>                 always_direct deny all
>
>     instead of
>
>                 never_direct allow all

Thanks, I tried this too, but it does not seem to work under 2.5.STABLE2 
on FreeBSD. sockstat -c does not mention the cache_peer's address in any 
current connections, and access.log says all requests  are made directly 
to origin servers: DIRECT/66.249.93.99 (see the docs on the log format 
http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-6.html#ss6.6)