I installed a DNS server locally and it does not want to launch. I set up the DNS server to the IP of the server and it does not want to launch. Is there anything else I should be looking for? Or is it connecting to something and is waiting for reply? Thanks Gustavo -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Nordstrom [mailto:henrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 8:17 PM To: Gustavo Lazarte Cc: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: What does Squid connects to when it launches sön 2006-09-10 klockan 18:46 -0400 skrev Gustavo Lazarte: > I installed my Squid as a reverse proxy. I also have a load balancer > that contacts the reverse proxy for images request. the squid had a > public IP, but i closed it for security reasons. After I closed the > public access to my squid server, the service stopped. The load > balancer makes the images request locally so it is not necesary for > quid to have public access. Where is squid connecting when it > launches? can I fix this bug? Perhaps it's the DNS check on startup biting you? Try the -D command line option if the system does not have DNS access. Regards Henrik