On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:26:12 +0200 "Michael Jurisch" <archer@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi there, > > I found some small hints that hopefully will lead to solve my problem > (http://www.squid-cache.org/mail-archive/squid-users/200710/0260.html). > > To make it short: in the squid access.log I mostly see > TCP_REFRESH_HIT/304, but I want them to be TCP_IMS_HIT. If I see it > right, TCP_REFRESH_HIT/304 means, that the object in cache is not > considerd as fresh, that's why there goes a request to the origin > server, which tells squid, that the object wasn't modified. But I > don't know, why the cache thinks, the objects I test with (2 simple > html files and one jpg) are stale!? I installed mod_expire for apache > and I configured it in a way that the objects should be fresh for 5 > minutes. Try using a tool that will show you the http headers from the origin server e.g. wget -S > To make it clear: I don't hit reload all the time, I just > click links that connect the two html files, so I only jump from file > 1 to file 2 and back. In my opinion this has to be TCP_IMS_HIT. So > what factors influence this? What can I do to get TCP_IMS_HIT instead > of TCP_REFRESH_HIT?