This sounds like a fixed bug. Which version of Squid are you trying this with? Adrian On Fri, Oct 19, 2007, Tory M Blue wrote: > Sorry yet another question. > > I am using origin hosts or vhosts for my cache_peers (not talking to > other caches). > > What I've found, is that in my test environment, if I take the origin > server or vhost down, Squid attempts to connect to it for x > seconds/tries and declares it dead. > The issue is since the peer knows nothing about ICP, Squid never > realizes it's back up and I have to run -k reconfigure or > reload/restart squid for it to once again start sending queires to the > peer (origin server). > > cache_peer 10.40.4.229 parent 80 0 no-digest no-query originserver > > 10.40.4.229 is a single web server.. > > The only setting I see is Cache_peer timeout, but that's not the > answer, unless your trying to solve timeout issues related to a quick > reboot or restart of a service. > > I would like squid to know that my server (peer) is back up and it > should start once again sending requests for uncached data to it. > > Does that make sense and am I just missing something? > > Thanks > Tory -- - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support - - $25/pm entry-level bandwidth-capped VPSes available in WA -