Re: [squid-users] Unable to forward this request at this time

No, there is a restriction(from the government) that we cannot go direct ,
means we have to go through proxy servers of the telecom company. Beleive me
our another proxy server(Linux based) with same configuration file have no
such problem.
What could be the reason.
Mohammad Junaid.

----- Original Message -----
From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@hem.passagen.se>
To: Mohammad Junaid <mjunaid@ogertel.com>
Cc: <>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 12:59 AM
Subject: Re: [squid-users] Unable to forward this request at this time

> As the message says, this message is seen if you use never_direct, and
> all your parent cache peers are unavailable..
>
> If your Squid can go direct without using parents, do not use the
> never_direct directive.
>
> --
> Henrik Nordstrom
> Squid hacker
>
>
> Mohammad Junaid wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I have squid-2.3.STABLE4 on Solaris/x86. Everything works fine but
> > during peak hours (We are an ISP) it gives error
> >
> > The following error was encountered:
> >
> > * Unable to forward this request at this time.
> >
> > This request could not be forwarded to the origin server or to any
> > parent caches. The most likely cause for this error is that:
> >
> > * The cache administrator does not allow this cache to make direct
> > connections to origin servers, and
> > * All configured parent caches are currently unreachable.
> >
> > After this message user has refresh the page again and again and after
> > many attempts he can see the page. Any body can help?
> > NOTE:I have disabled "ns_children" directive in my squid.conf file
> > because it gives an error at startup message "parseConfigFile: line
> > 620 unrecognized: 'dns_children 5' "
> > ------------------------------
> > Mohammad Junaid.
> >
>
Received on Sun Apr 08 2001 - 02:58:38 MDT