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    Issues with WPAD not working for me.

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      aGeekhere
      last edited by

      function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
      {
          if (isPlainHostName(host) ||
              shExpMatch(host, "*.local") ||
              isInNet(dnsResolve(host), "192.168.1.1",  "255.255.255.0"))
              return "DIRECT";

      return "PROXY 192.168.1.1:3128";
      }

      try

      
      function FindProxyForURL(url, host) 
      { 
          if (isPlainHostName(host) ||
              shExpMatch(host, "*.local") ||
              isInNet(dnsResolve(host), "192.168.1.0",  "255.255.255.0"))
              return "DIRECT";
      
          return "PROXY 192.168.1.1:3128";
      } 
      
      

      have a read though here https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=112335.0

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        cewjr9842
        last edited by

        Corrosive: I placed the files here :  /usr/local/www.

        aGeekHere: I am updating the files right now and will update you once its done.

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          KOM
          last edited by

          IIRC, WPAD doesn't work with HTTPS so if you're using pfSense to serve them then you should be running WebGUI in HTTP mode.

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            cewjr9842
            last edited by

            @KOM:

            IIRC, WPAD doesn't work with HTTPS so if you're using pfSense to serve them then you should be running WebGUI in HTTP mode.

            i understand that. My WEBGUI is on port 8800/HTTP.

            it still is not working after going through you guide exactly given from Ageekhere.

            Also just FYI. I notice the files all are able to be downloaded in the browser, when i use my external windows 2016 webserver that I run on my VM, but im not sure of the configuration after that for http and https blocking in pfsense.
            i am wondering if its something going on somehwere else when trying to use pfsense as the webserver.

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              cewjr9842
              last edited by

              one thing I am noticing is that when i go to http://192.168.1.30/wpad.dat in my browser it downloads, but when i access http://wpad/wpad.dat it seems to not work. Could this be an issue with DNS resolver?

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                marcelloc
                last edited by

                why do you need the host as wpad? on most setups, the wpad url includes the ip address.

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                  cewjr9842
                  last edited by

                  I was following the steps in the guide created by ageekhere to be able to filter HTTPS traffic.

                  https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=112335.0

                  One thing that is happening is when i enable the DNS host override it will not block any sites.
                  I wanted to do the WPAD  so I would not have to do the MITM setup in the proxy. but at this point all I can get to work is the WPAD disabled with Transparent proxy enabled but of course its not blocking HTTPS traffic.

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                    aGeekhere
                    last edited by

                    One thing that is happening is when i enable the DNS host override it will not block any sites.

                    The DNS override on it's own does not block sites.

                    but at this point all I can get to work is the WPAD disabled with Transparent proxy enabled

                    Did you follow all the steps? it should work.

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                      cewjr9842
                      last edited by

                      I followed every step to the T!

                      its crazy even when i try to browse to : http://192.168.1.1/wpad.dat or .da , or the proxy.pac file they are not downloading at all in chrome or IE.

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                        aGeekhere
                        last edited by

                        Do you have auto configure enabled in internet options?

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                          jopeme
                          last edited by

                          Have you tried setting dns suffix on windows client?

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                            cewjr9842
                            last edited by

                            I got it working now. I had to use the unofficial WPAD package marcelloc created using nginx and it actually started working as it should. Thanks fellows!

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