> That very well could be DNS related. When I don't set the "visible_host" > and I attempt to create the cache, squid complains about needing to set > the visible_host parameter. The squid server sits behind a cisco router, > so it doesn't have a FQDN, only a relative and private name. > > Do you have any recommendations, my dns servers ns1 and ns2.linuxlouis.net > resolve correctly for all of the external Internet known domains I serve, > but again the inside system bandaboo1 doesn't have a FQDN. > > Any ideas? > DNS and rDNS are broken. All Internet conected hosts should have an FQDN that their IP rDNS points to. It should be constructed using the unique machine name and the companies official domain name (would that be linuxlouise.net.?). A machine which has no rDNS on the modern internet, particularly a proxy, is just asking for connection problems. Amos > On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, Henrik Nordstrom wrote: > >> ons 2007-06-13 klockan 10:18 -0400 skrev gonzales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx: >>> Hello dist, >>> I've currently got OpenLDAP, PostgreSQL, and Squid all working >>> together. >>> Squid for some reason is taking forever to load any URL's requested, >>> even >>> when I disable the auth_param integratino to OpenLDAP. >> >> Sounds like you might have a DNS problem or similar. Probably not >> authentication related at all. >> >> Regards >> Henrik >> > > -- > Louis Gonzales > louis.gonzales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxlouis.net > >