I am using squid 2.6 STABLE-6 with RedHat Linux Enterprise 5.x My ISP has 5 proxy servers. But sometimes they down often If the first proxy is down, I want squid to switch to second proxy etc .... I have configure squid as below ============== squid.conf ======================== cache_peer 202.1.1.4 parent 8080 3130 no-query no-digest cache_peer 202.1.1.5 parent 8080 3130 no-query no-digest cache_peer 202.1.1.6 parent 8080 3130 no-query no-digest cache_peer 202.1.1.7 parent 8080 3130 no-query no-digest peer_connect_timeout 3 seconds ================= end of squid.conf ================ If first proxy down, it really try to detect next proxy server. BUT IT TRY FOR ABOUT TEN TIMES. Please see cache.log for details BUT I WANT TO TRY ABOUT 4 TIMES as maximum HOW CAN I DO THAT. Because of I have setup cache_peer_timeout=3 seconds, it takes 30-seconds to try for a proxy. If first 4 proxy down and the last server is active, it takes 2-minutes. But my Internet Cafe users cannot wait up to 2-3 minutes and they go out. Note: If i set peer_connect_timeout less than 3 seconds, it does not work well Any Suggestion are welcomed. Mr. Crack 007 ===================================== Here is squid cache.log after squid restart ============================= 2008/01/24 04:54:41| WARNING: Very large maximum_object_size_in_memory settings can have negative impact on performance 2008/01/24 04:54:41| Initialising SSL. 2008/01/24 04:54:41| User-Agent logging is disabled. 2008/01/24 04:54:41| Referer logging is disabled. 2008/01/24 04:54:41| DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, port 32773, FD 8 2008/01/24 04:54:41| Adding domain orbitnet.com.mm from /etc/resolv.conf 2008/01/24 04:54:41| Adding nameserver 202.1.1.1 from /etc/resolv.conf 2008/01/24 04:54:41| Adding nameserver 202.1.1.2 from /etc/resolv.conf 2008/01/24 04:54:41| Accepting proxy HTTP connections at 0.0.0.0, port 8080, FD 9. 2008/01/24 04:54:41| Accepting ICP messages at 0.0.0.0, port 3130, FD 12. 2008/01/24 04:54:41| WCCP Disabled. >>>>>> Here is my proxy list after restarting squid 2008/01/24 04:54:41| Configuring Parent 202.1.1.4/8080/3130 2008/01/24 04:54:41| Configuring Parent 202.1.1.5/8080/3130 2008/01/24 04:54:41| Configuring Parent 202.1.1.6/8080/3130 2008/01/24 04:54:41| Configuring Parent 202.1.1.7/8080/3130 2008/01/24 04:54:41| Configuring Parent 202.1.1.8/8080/3130 >>>>> 2008/01/24 04:54:41| Loaded Icons. 2008/01/24 04:54:41| Ready to serve requests. 2008/01/24 04:54:41| disabling (peer disappeared) digest from 203.81.71.88 2008/01/24 04:54:47| Reconfiguring Squid Cache (version 2.6.STABLE6)... 2008/01/24 04:54:47| FD 9 Closing HTTP connection 2008/01/24 04:54:47| FD 12 Closing ICP connection 2008/01/24 04:54:47| Cache dir '/var/spool/squid' size remains unchanged at 20480000 KB >>>> Here is the problem I suffers 2008/01/24 02:58:15| TCP connection to 202.1.1.4/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:58:15| TCP connection to 202.1.1.4/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:58:17| TCP connection to 202.1.1.4/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:58:18| TCP connection to 202.1.1.4/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:58:18| TCP connection to 202.1.1.4/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:58:20| TCP connection to 202.1.1.4/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:58:21| TCP connection to 202.1.1.4/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:58:22| TCP connection to 202.1.1.4/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:58:22| TCP connection to 202.1.1.4/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:58:26| TCP connection to 202.1.1.4/8080 failed 2008/01/24 01:58:30| Detected DEAD Parent: 202.1.1.4 2008/01/24 02:58:41| TCP connection to 202.1.1.5/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:58:43| TCP connection to 202.1.1.5/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:58:43| TCP connection to 202.1.1.5/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:58:44| TCP connection to 202.1.1.5/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:58:49| TCP connection to 202.1.1.5/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:58:54| TCP connection to 202.1.1.5/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:58:56| TCP connection to 202.1.1.5/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:59:23| TCP connection to 202.1.1.5/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:59:32| TCP connection to 202.1.1.5/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:59:54| parseHttpRequest: Unsupported method ' CONNECT' 2008/01/24 02:59:56| Detected DEAD Parent: 202.1.1.5 2008/01/24 02:59:57| TCP connection to 202.1.1.6/8080 failed 2008/01/24 02:59:59| TCP connection to 202.1.1.6/8080 failed ===================================== End of squid cache.log =============================
