> ... Squid inverse its purpose!!! ( its start to > use far more bandwidth than my users do ) ... Although many different approaches to troubleshooting might help, I know what _I'd_ do: I'd get a sample of the Squid<->Internet traffic and see just what it really is!!! My approach would be to not even look at Squid statistics nor operation nor configuration until I knew what the h--- all that traffic was. Use `wireshark` (formerly called `ethereal`) or whatever `tethereal`s called now (it's the stripped-down CLI version of GUI Wireshark -- rather awkward to use but small and fast) or `tcpdump` or... depending on what came with your distribution or what you can get your hands on most easily. good luck! -Chuck Kollars ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7