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WPAD - Web Proxy Auto Detection
Posted by Adrien de Croy (Import) on 24 January 2007 07:59 PM
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Most web browsers allow the user to specify whether the proxy settings will be:
In Internet Explorer this can be configured in the following location: Internet Explorer --> Tools menu --> Internet Options --> Connections --> LAN Settings. *Please note, all are selected in image for the sake of clarity, usually you would have one selected. With regards to Automatically Detect Settings: Internet Explorer will make a DNS request to WPAD. If WinGate is the DNS Server it will return its internal network card address. If WinGate is not the DNS Server then it will need to be added to the third party DNS server that the LAN Clients have specified. Then Internet Explorer will request the WPAD.PAC file from the IP address returned by the WPAD DNS record. With regards to "Use automatic configuration script": It needs to be specified in the following format. http://192.168.0.1/wpad.dat Additional notes:
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