Hi,
I'm new to many of the options within Squid, so I would appreciate any help with the following scenario. I have network wherein the squid proxy connects to the Internet via two parent proxies. /-----< ISDN <----< Parent Proxy #1 | Squid <---+ Proxy | \-----< ADSL <----< Parent Proxy #2 Parent Proxy #1 (over the IDSN line) is monitored by an organisation-wide content filtering process. Although the simple solution is to simply use this link alone, the cost required to upgrade it to the required capacity is prohibitive. Parent Proxy #2 (over the ADSL line) is a high capacity multi-megabit connection that, while lacking any filtering capability, is cheap and fast. Hence, what I would like to do is have Parent Proxy #2 used for any non-textual content (e.g. image files, audio files, etc) while Parent Proxy #1 is used for generic HTML. Therefore, is it possible to have Squid change parent proxies based on the content type of the requested URL? How do I do this? Finally, are there any other options to balance the load over these two connections? The ideal solution would appear to have all requests go through to Parent Proxy #1 and then, when the squid proxy received a HTTP response that suggested the desired URL is accessible, the request would be dropped and then re-made via Parent Proxy #2. Any and all comments appreciated. Thanks, Darryn.