Hi I'm trying to configure Squid (3.1.9) to connect directly, if the one and only cache_peer (parent) fails: cache_peer xx.xx.xx.xx parent 8080 0 no-query no-digest default connect-fail-limit=5 prefer_direct off never_direct allow all But squid will never connect directly, even if the parent isn't available. How can I implement this? Thanks a lot. Tom