Re: [squid-users] pac and dat woes

On Thu, May 10, 2007, Pitti, Raul wrote:
> I am having problem with Firefox 1.5, FF2.XX and IE 6 and 7 and proxy
> autoconfiguration. After a few days of searching and trying, i am
> unable to use autoconfiguration for my proxy.

I've made WPAD work but I've not made it work with a DHCP configuration.
I've done mine with DNS.

Does anyone here have an example of a WPAD+DHCP configuration? If so I'd
like to talk to you and document it on the Wiki.

Adrian

>
> 1. I have the following dhcpd.conf file:
>
> max-lease-time 28800;
> default-lease-time 14400;
> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
> ddns-update-style interim;
> option WPAD code 252 = text;
> #
> # rimith.local
> subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.225.0 {
> option WPAD "http://192.168.1.17/proxy.pac";
> option routers 192.168.1.20;
> dynamic-bootp-lease-length 10;
> ignore client-updates;
> option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.17, 200.75.200.2;
> max-lease-time 14400;
> ddns-updates off;
> default-lease-time 4000;
> range 192.168.1.126 192.168.1.239;
> }
>
> 2. the MIME type has been set on the webserver.
>
> 3. also, i have my internal dns set to point wpad.rimith.local to the
> server 192.168.1.17, and also i have a link for wpad.dat pointing to
> proxy.pac on the root of the webserver.
>
> None of my clients are able to set the proxy automatically. But if I
> set the address for the pac file manually, everything works o.k.
>
> can someone shed some light on my problem?
>
> thanks!
> RP
>
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