Hi Eliezer Here is what network looks like internet == Router/gateway/squid machine === client machines The output from my ifconfig is lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 loop txqueuelen 0 (Local Loopback) RX packets 2068317 bytes 928114310 (885.1 MiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 2068317 bytes 928114310 (885.1 MiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 p2p1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 97.90.225.128 netmask 255.255.248.0 broadcast 97.90.231.255 ether c0:4a:00:04:b8:6c txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 7421883 bytes 5760976200 (5.3 GiB) RX errors 0 dropped 597 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 4189850 bytes 1100391014 (1.0 GiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 p6p1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 192.168.13.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.13.255 ether 00:1c:c4:63:9d:83 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) RX packets 4262346 bytes 537663669 (512.7 MiB) RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 5463480 bytes 5212146353 (4.8 GiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 device interrupt 19 p2p1 is the interface connected to the internet and has a dynamic IP. p6p1 is the interface connected to the internal network. sam -- View this message in context: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/WARNING-Your-cache-is-running-out-of-filedescriptors-tp4666357p4666372.html Sent from the Squid - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.