Dear All, Is it possible to use squid as backup path if going direct fails? i am using squid 2.7 stable 9 with cache_digest enabled. Follwoing are the directives i think will do it please check them if they are correct? Setting of cache at North Region: cache_peer SOUTH parent 8080 0 no-query proxy-only default prefer_direct on nonhierarchical_direct off cache_peer_access SOUTH allow onlybrowsing Setting of Cache at South Region: cache_peer NORTH parent 8080 0 no-query proxy-only default prefer_direct on nonhierarchical_direct off cache_peer_access NORTH allow onlybrowsing I dont think that for my purpose ICP queries or cache Digest will serve any purpose because they only matter with sibling type relation? is it so is this a practical setup or could pose any problems can u please add any recommendations.? Thanking you & Best Regards, Bilal _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969