Ubuntu Linix server
RB493AH
Squid 2.7

Been trying to get this running for like a month......I AM DONE..............is there someone I can hire to config this for me.

What problems are you having? I have some experience working with your desired setup.

i have a 493G and squid3 working, where are you stuck?

Well I have objects being saved to the hard drive the cache file grows in size but I do not get any hits when I return to the same site over and over it is all misses. Nothing gets taken from the cache it keeps going back to the source (ie:the internet) It is like it is caching all the objects etc. but new requests are not being directed through the squid. It seems to just go back to the source and then cahces all the objects over again thus increasing the size of the cached directory even though it is really just saving the same objects over and over again.

That is all i need, i only proxy normal port 80 http requests. and it works. also the squid box is on a different network to the client computers. It could be a squid config issue, have you tried squid forums?

Well I have objects being saved to the hard drive the cache file grows in size but I do not get any hits when I return to the same site over and over it is all misses. Nothing gets taken from the cache it keeps going back to the source (ie:the internet) It is like it is caching all the objects etc. but new requests are not being directed through the squid. It seems to just go back to the source and then cahces all the objects over again thus increasing the size of the cached directory even though it is really just saving the same objects over and over again.

Sounds like you're dealing with dynamic content which can be cached with intelligent use of Store Url Rewrite. What are the most popular sites your users are visiting?

Haven't gone live yet. Just doing this on a test setup. I just keep going to my sites. i did try going to other sites but the same result. objects get cached but never any hits all misses.

keep in mind that IE or Firefox will also cache websites. So turn off webbrowser cache or reload the webpage with CTRL-F5