> Are your file descriptors limit correctly configured ? Let squid have 6 > descriptors per client minimum to be cool. > Is squid limit under user limit ? I have: # ulimit -n 1024 And even as latency skyrockets I only have: # lsof -u squid | wc -l 80 Is it a problem that the client is behind a router which I have no control over? Does squid need to establish an inbound connection to the client? client -> router (not mine) -> internet -> squid (mine) -> internet - Grant >> I'm running squid-3.3.5 on a remote Gentoo system with the default >> config file. Small sites like squid-cache.org load fine on the client >> in firefox but large sites like cnn.com and amazon.com don't load all >> the way. A few page elements load but then it gets stuck on >> "Connecting", "Waiting", or "Transferring". Once it hangs, SSH >> latency to the squid system becomes extremely high and I quickly lose >> contact with the system completely. Someone working on the squid >> system locally also can not access the internet. Closing firefox on >> the client brings internet connectivity back very quickly. >> /var/log/squid/access.log shows some NONE_ABORTED and TCP_MISS_ABORTED >> requests. Does anyone know what could be causing this? >> >> - Grant