Yes, I am actually writing cache_peer 172.16.101.3 parent 3128 3130 default I was so exasperated that I did not type it correctly. Dr. Muhammad Masroor Ali Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh Phone: 880 2 966 5650 (PABX) In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates? On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Hasanen AL-Bana <hasanen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > cache_peer 127.0.0.1 parent 3128 3130 default > the above link points to the same server ! probably incorrect , you > must use your parent IP address instead (172.16.101.3) > > On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Dr. Muhammad Masroor Ali > <mmasroorali@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> I thought that this would have been straight forward. >> >> In an Ubuntu machine, I use proxy 172.16.101.3 as the proxy for >> browsing. This does not require any user name or password for access. >> >> I installed squid3 in this machine and set 127.0.0.1:3128 as proxy in >> the browser. Also in the squid.conf file I have put, >> cache_peer 127.0.0.1 parent 3128 3130 default >> >> Now when I try to browse, nothing happens. That is, the browser says >> connecting or some such, and after a very long time it fails to open >> the page. >> >> No error message has been found in the log files. I am really at a >> loss what to do. >> >> Could somebody please tell me what to do. Thanks in advance. >> >> Dr. Muhammad Masroor Ali >> Professor >> Department of Computer Science and Engineering >> Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology >> Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh >> >> Phone: 880 2 966 5650 (PABX) >> >> In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates? >