General problems of bloody beginner

Hello,

I tried to fiddle with my squid several hours reading docs and
FAQ but havn't found any way to track down my problem. First I
want to describe my environment:

Software:
Debian GNU/Linux (unstable = potato)
- squid 2.2.4
- apache 1.3.9
- netscape communicator 4.61

Hardware Environment:
Our institute consists of several houses. The main hause runs
a firewall. Other houses are connected via (slow :-() modem behind
this firewall. Inside our house the boxes are connected via
100 Mbit ethernet lines. I want to install a proxy to increase
speed inside our house.

I've setup the squid package on the Debian box "squid-host" and did my
first test from the Debian box "client-host".

If I set the netscape preferences to "manual proxy configuration"
and give in the HTTP section "squid-host.our-house.de" and Port 80
I can't reload the page I visited just before. Instead the server
replies with

  Not Found

  The requested URL /koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/ was not found
  on this server.

If I try to use Port 8080 Netscape replies with:
  
  Netscape's network connection was refused by the server.
  The server may not be accepting connections or may be busy.
  
  Try connecting again later.
  
  Using previoussly cached copy instead.
  
So I think port 80 is the right port but the cache doesn't work.
Surprisingly enough there are no cached files if I look into
/var/spool/squid directory except some files which are local and
should not be there (I specified in Netscapes preferences not
to cache URLs from our-house.de).

Further I tried proxy configuration via PAC file. I tried several
example files I found in the net but it doesn't work at all. It
just ignores the proxy :-(. Is there any way to debug such a file?
There is no error message or so, but not a single file reaches the
cache.

Do you need further information to track down the problem?

Hope not to bother you with such basic problems.

Kind regards

       Andreas.
  
Received on Fri Sep 10 1999 - 00:47:06 MDT