I have a squid-A for my LAN, which forwards all http-traffic to a parent squid-B using simple config: ...... cache_peer x.x.x.x parent yyyy 0 no-query no-digest no-netdb-exchange ...... never_direct allow all But in case, the parent (squid-B) is not reachable, the clients accessing squid-A simply hang, and in cache.log for squid-A I see TCP connection to x.x.x.x/yyy failed What would be the simplest method to set up an automatic backup, either another parent (preferred) OR just to have a direct connection from squid-A ? In case of backup parent, it should ONLY be used in case squid-B fails. -- View this message in context: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/HOWTO-backup-for-parent-proxy-tp4663738.html Sent from the Squid - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.