Hi all, We are running Squid w/NTLM auth between our network and a 3M DSL. The hit rate is terrible (apparently). Here is the output from cachmgr: client_list: Cache Clients: Address: 192.168.0.247 Name: 192.168.0.247 Currently established connections: 1 ICP Requests 0 HTTP Requests 130 TCP_MISS 126 97% TCP_DENIED 4 3% Address: 127.0.0.1 Name: 127.0.0.1 Currently established connections: 1 ICP Requests 0 HTTP Requests 3140666 TCP_HIT 19500 1% TCP_MISS 367348 12% TCP_REFRESH_HIT 8331 0% TCP_REFRESH_MISS 3750 0% TCP_CLIENT_REFRESH_M 8124 0% TCP_IMS_HIT 33529 1% TCP_NEGATIVE_HIT 1832 0% TCP_MEM_HIT 19839 1% TCP_DENIED 2678413 85% TOTALS ICP : 0 Queries, 0 Hits ( 0%) HTTP: 3140796 Requests, 83031 Hits ( 3%) I have been through the list archives and tried a plethora of suggestions. The box Squid is on has 384Mb Ram and 40Gb of HDD space. Per several posts on the list, I have set my cache_dir thus: cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 20480 65 256. I have tried clearing the client browsers caches, etc. But the miss rate is still high. The excessive TCP_DENIED rate seems to be due to M$ implimentation of NTLM (per this list). Squid has been up for 30 days now. I would have expected the hit rate to be much better. Any help/suggestions will be greatly appriciated. Thanks, Chris Chris Nighswonger Network & Systems Director Foundations Bible College & Seminary www.foundations.edu