> > > Generally Squid is working fine, except that users with Internet > > Explorer (seems not to be a problem in Firefox) sometimes encounter long > > delays (15 minutes) when they force a refresh using CTRL-F5 and the page > > is truncated when they do get it back. Sometimes the problem occurs > > immediately, sometimes it may need up to 15 CTRL-f5's before it occurs. > > > > I'm running Squid 2.5.17 on windows 2003 server with three Zopes in a > > Well, there are a LOT of known problems with IE and modern web servers. If > its critical for you, try using the latest 2.6 and all the many > compatibility fixes that have been found and fixed since 2.5. Sorry that was a typo - We are running 2.6.17 > > > load balanced configuration using ICP: > > *********snippet > > acl in_knetpool dstdomain knetpool > > > > cache_peer 10.110.7.111 parent 8001 9980 no-digest no-netdb-exchange > > name=port8001 > > cache_peer 10.110.7.111 parent 8005 9981 no-digest no-netdb-exchange > > name=port8005 > > cache_peer 10.110.7.111 parent 8010 9982 no-digest no-netdb-exchange > > name=port8010 > > > > cache_peer_access port8001 allow in_knetpool > > cache_peer_access port8005 allow in_knetpool > > cache_peer_access port8010 allow in_knetpool > > > > cache_peer_access port8001 deny all > > cache_peer_access port8005 deny all > > cache_peer_access port8010 deny all > > > > # THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIVE IS NEEDED TO MAKE 'backendpool' RESOLVE TO > > # THE POOL OF CACHE PEERS. > > # peer balancing: uncommented next two lines > > never_direct allow all > > icp_access allow all > > *********end snippet > > > > The 15 minute timeframe suggested a read_timeout and reducing this > > parameter to 5 minutes caused the truncated page to be returned in only > > 5 minutes. > > > > Some judicial use of a packet sniffer suggested that Squid had ICP'd the > > Zopes and received the page's entire HTML from a Zope (within 3 seconds) > > before starting to deliver it to Internet Explorer. Partway through > > sending it to IE, Squid had sent a smaller than usual (622 bytes rather > > than 4150) http packet to IE (and IE had acknowledged it) and then no > > further data was sent until Squid timed out (logged a httpTimeout). IE > > then requested other items in the page (CSS, images etc) before > > displaying a truncated page (HTML truncation matched the last content > > from the small data packet sent by squid). > > > > Does anyone know why this is happening and what I can do to fix it? > > Try a more recent squid, the behaviour will likely be different and we can > then trace it through the codebase and possibly fix if its a true bug. > > Amos
