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    Issues with WPAD not working for me.

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    • KOMK Offline
      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
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        @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
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            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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