If proxy info is entered manually in the browser, caching works OK. If LAN clients are sent transparently to the proxy, an error message in Google Chrome: Error 324 The server closed the connection without sending any data. Mozilla Firefox displays a blank page. Strangely enough I don't see anything in the squid access.log when LAN clients are forced by the router to transparent cache... I'm running: Squid Cache: Version 3.1.6 Debian stable 6.0.2.1 DualXeon 3GhZ, 250GB SCSI, 4GB RAM Config file: acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/21 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl SSL_ports port 443 acl Safe_ports port 80 # http acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp acl Safe_ports port 443 # https acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http acl CONNECT method CONNECT request_header_max_size 15824 KB request_body_max_size 15824 KB reply_header_max_size 15824 KB reply_body_max_size 15824 KB http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports http_access allow localhost http_access allow localnet http_access allow all icp_access allow all htcp_access allow all http_port 3128 transparent hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? cache_mem 1024 MB cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid3 40960 16 256 coredump_dir /var/spool/squid3 refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0 refresh_pattern . 0 40% 40320 icp_port 0 refresh_pattern -i \.index.(html|htm)$ 0 40% 10080 refresh_pattern -i \.(html|htm|css|js)$ 1440 40% 40320 refresh_pattern -i \.(gif|png|jpg|jpeg|ico)$ 10080 90% 43200 override-expire ignore-no-cache ignore-no-store ignore-private refresh_pattern -i \.(iso|avi|wav|mp3|mp4|mpeg|swf|flv|x-flv)$ 43200 90% 432000 override-expire ignore-no-cache ignore-no-store ignore-private refresh_pattern -i \.(deb|rpm|exe|zip|tar|tgz|ram|rar|bin|ppt|doc|tiff)$ 10080 90% 43200 override-expire ignore-no-cache ignore-no-store ignore-private