Re: [squid-users] Question on sibling relationships

Hi,

I think there might be mistake in the squid conf. Please correct me if I'm
wrong.

# TAG: nonhierarchical_direct
# By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
# (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cachable request type) direct
# to origin servers.
#
# If you set this to off, then Squid will prefer to send these
# requests to parents.
#
#Default:
# nonhierarchical_direct on

# TAG: prefer_direct
# Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you by
# some reason like it to first try going direct and only use a
# parent if going direct fails then set this to off.
#
#
#Default:
# prefer_direct off

From the explaination above, i got this:

nonhierarchical_direct off --> send all nonhierarchical req to parents
prefer_direct on --> send req to parents, if cant go direct

Seems to be different from what is mentioned:

# By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
# can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
# fails.

my $0.02,
Wei Keong

On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Gino LV. Ledesma wrote:

> > Hi,
> >
> > If i understand correctly, you can use prefer_direct option in squid.conf.
> >
> > # TAG: prefer_direct
> > # Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you by
> > some
> > # reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
> > # going direct fails then set this to off.
> > #
> > # By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
> > # can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
> > # fails.
> > #
> > #Default
> > # prefer_direct off
> >
> > prefer_direct on
> >
>
> Yes, actually we've tried this, but for some reason (perhaps a
> misconfiguration on my part), squid does not attempt to connect to its
> parent(s) when the box's direct line to the Internet goes down. And then
> the opposite config also gives the same problem: it doesn't go direct
> when the line to the parent is down. Using Squid2.4STABLE6. I'll try
> testing it again to be sure, though. Thanks.
>
> ============================
> Gino LV. Ledesma
> Campus Network Group
> Ateneo de Manila University
> http://cng.ateneo.net/
>
Received on Thu Sep 19 2002 - 03:21:01 MDT