Squid internet down message

[fripwhip]

Does anyone know how to set a message or a redirect that can be used when internet connection is lost?

It doesn't have to be automatic but I want to let users know without manually sending email that the internet is down as they try to browse.

I've found some php scripts that could be used, but I was hoping for an easier way.

[jledhead]

I would think you would need to create an acl that points to a specific page. have the acl match every website and redirect to http://localserver/internetdown.html

just create the acl and then reload squid

and just use a webserver on the local machine (or any machine) and create a basic html page that says its down.

[fripwhip]

That's a good idea but I can't find how exactly to accomplish that.

The only way I could find to get that to work is to install a redirector.

[jledhead]

I believe you are right. I did this was squidguard and it was very easy to do. not sure about the acl then since I believe I had problems getting squid to redirect to something besides its own error pages.