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    Crazy to setup pfsense 2.3.3+squid+squidguard+wpad

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    • J
      jopeme
      last edited by

      It's very stranger. :-[ :-[

      Please could you tell me if my lan rules and wpad.dat,wpad.da, proxy.pac are right?

      [img]http://www.servyarte.com/reglaslan.jpg

      PROXY.PAC

      function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
      {
          if (isPlainHostName(host) ||
              shExpMatch(host, "*.local") ||
              isInNet(dnsResolve(host), "10.0.0.0",  "255.255.255.0"))
              return "DIRECT";
          return "PROXY 10.0.0.1:3128";
      }

      And for my vlan are right this rules, because from this vlan i cannot get wpad if i type in browsers http://wpad.localdomain.local/wpad it not solve.

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      • A
        aGeekhere
        last edited by

        reread the DNS firewall rule section (make the rule on top)

        Interface = LAN
        Protocol = TCP/UDP
        Source ports = *
        Dest address = *
        Dest ports = 53
        NAT IP = 127.0.0.1
        NAT Ports = 53
        Description = Redirect DNS
        LAN TCP/UDP * * * 53 127.0.0.1 53 Redirect DNS

        no firewall rule is needed for 3128 ??? not sure on vlan

        Change wpad to

        PROXY.PAC

        function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
        {
            if (isPlainHostName(host) ||
                shExpMatch(host, "*.local") ||
                isInNet(dnsResolve(host), "10.0.0.0",  "255.0.0.0"))
                return "DIRECT";
            return "PROXY 10.0.0.1:3128";
        }

        Not sure on VLAN as i have never set one up.

        Never Fear, A Geek is Here!

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        • J
          jopeme
          last edited by

          Now I am testing from a vlan and I have detected that if I do not activate the third rule then from a client I can not download the http: //wpad.localdomain.local/proxy.pac, but if I activate the rule then if I can download the proxy.pac.

          Also works fine if I do nslookup wpad.localdomain.local and responds:
          C: \ Users \ Computers \ nslookup wpad.localdomain.local
          Server: fproxy.localdomain.local
          Address: 10.0.0.1

          Name: wpad.localdomain.local
          Address: 10.0.0.1

          Any idea?

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          • A
            aGeekhere
            last edited by

            It looks like the 3rd rule blocks the vlan form connecting to the router which has the wpad.

            Never Fear, A Geek is Here!

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            • J
              jopeme
              last edited by

              Nobody knows how I can solve it?

              Thanks.

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              • M
                maverik1
                last edited by

                Did you manage to get it working? I have vlans configured on my network. Like others have mentioned, if you are wanting to use wpad, then you should disable transparent proxy.

                Two of my vlans are for mobile wifi and I do not pass wpad to them. It is very difficult to set up as you have to input the proxy information manually. Also some apps do not work very well with it.  So these are the only two that I pass through transparent proxy.  The others grab wpad because I have specified in the browser to auto detect settings.

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                • J
                  jopeme
                  last edited by

                  Finally for the wifi interface I will not use neither squid nor wpad. What instructions did you follow to configure wpad ?. Could you show me your configuration for the vlan? Thank you

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                    maverik1
                    last edited by

                    This is a link to a tutorial I used to set up WPAD. It is fairly straight forward. Basically you setup a web server on pfsense to server the wpad to your different vlans. I do not have any firewall rules to port 3128, only to the webserver on the specified port.

                    https://nguvu.org/pfsense/pfSense-WPAD-PAC-proxy-configuration-guide/

                    Here is what my wpad.da/proxy.pac looks like:

                    
                    function FindProxyForURL(url,host)
                    {
                    
                             if(dnsDomainIs(host, ".mydomain.com")) {
                    
                                return "DIRECT";
                    
                            }  else if (isInNet(myIpAddress(),"10.0.0.0","255.255.255.0")) {     // Admin Net
                    
                                return "PROXY 10.0.0.1:3128; DIRECT";
                    
                            }  else if (isInNet(myIpAddress(),"10.0.2.0","255.255.255.0")) {     // User Net
                    
                                return "PROXY 10.0.2.1:3128; DIRECT";
                    
                            } else if (isInNet(myIpAddress(),"10.0.3.0","255.255.255.0")) {     //Guest Net
                    
                                return "PROXY 10.0.3.1:3128";
                    
                            } else {
                    
                              return "DIRECT";
                    
                           }
                    
                    }
                    

                    Under Services -> Squid Proxy Server, make sure Enable Squid Proxy is checked, also make sure that the vlans you want to use the proxy are selected. The proxy port should be 3128.

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                    • J
                      jopeme
                      last edited by

                      What is your DNS host overrides settings. I have rules to force DNS server is pfsense for each interfaces. And what is this configuration un www server?

                      bind to proxy address and port

                      server.bind  = "0.0.0.0"
                      server.port  = 80

                      Thanks a lot for your help.

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                      • M
                        maverik1
                        last edited by

                        I've attached a screenshot of the host override for wapd. It is fairly straightforward.

                        This is what I have in my conf file. My web server is on 192.168.50.1. So you will need to change this for your settings.

                        bind to port (default: 80)

                        server.bind  = "192.168.50.1"
                        server.port  = 80

                        host_override.PNG
                        host_override.PNG_thumb

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                        • marcellocM
                          marcelloc
                          last edited by

                          Did you tried wpad Unofficial package? I guess it's much easier to setup then manual file changes.

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                          Help a community developer! ;D

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                          • J
                            jopeme
                            last edited by

                            I tried several weeks ago. But i don't know what step is wrong or missing for me if you have in mind that i use vlans and i forcé pfsense is DNS  server and proxy.

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                            • marcellocM
                              marcelloc
                              last edited by

                              @jopeme:

                              I tried several weeks ago. But i don't know what step is wrong or missing for me if you have in mind that i use vlans and i forcé pfsense is DNS  server and proxy.

                              The package will work fine for this setup. You can create different wpad script for each interface.

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                              Help a community developer! ;D

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                              • J
                                jopeme
                                last edited by

                                So I guess I'll have to change my settings right now as follows:
                                Customer 1 on vlan102
                                Ip 10.0.102.2/24
                                Gateway: 10.0.102.1
                                DNS: 10.0.102.1

                                Customer 2 in vlan103
                                Ip 10.0.103.2/24
                                Gateway: 10.0.103.1
                                DNS: 10.0.103.1

                                The DNS should be for example the ip of the LAN 10.0.0.1 if I am not mistaken.
                                And I set up in PFSENSE the rules for DNS requests to redirect them to the LAN and allow HTTP traffic to the LAN that is going to serve the WPAD.
                                I'm right?

                                Thanks.

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                                • J
                                  jopeme
                                  last edited by

                                  Hello again.

                                  Finally I installed the Unofficial wpad and I configured the dns resolver, but I can not get the wpad file. Probably because of my rules. If I write the url in a client http: //wpad.mydomain.local/proxy.pac
                                  Is not able to download it. nslookup command Works fine and i get ip address of the lan.
                                  From a vlan these are my rules.What is wrong with them?

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