Unofficial WPAD package for pfSense software

techbee

I hope it would have been a full documented setup configuration and not only this unofficial wpad install because subsequently there will be follow up questions related to this setup which will be answered one by one which is unproductive.

ofcourse we do appreciate this wpad easily install.

jetberrocal

@marcelloc:

For autodetect, you need to configure wpad.your.domain.local to resolve fw ip address and also define wpad records on dns.

Marcelloc. Please when you have the time, add a note to the Install instructions that we have to make the DNS or DHCP settings for auto-detection. If possible giving an example for the sake of novice users.

Cino

@jetberrocal:

@marcelloc:

For autodetect, you need to configure wpad.your.domain.local to resolve fw ip address and also define wpad records on dns.

Marcelloc. Please when you have the time, add a note to the Install instructions that we have to make the DNS or DHCP settings for auto-detection. If possible giving an example for the sake of novice users.

This should help:

https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/WPAD_Autoconfigure_for_Squid

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

jopeme

If you would please, we would be very grateful for a more detailed guide.
Thanks.

Bigdaddy168

Nice! Can you make this package official?

marcelloc

@Bigdaddy168:

Nice! Can you make this package official?

I can submit a pull request to oficial repo. But need core team review to get merged.

Bigdaddy168

@marcelloc:

@Bigdaddy168:

Nice! Can you make this package official?

I can submit a pull request to oficial repo. But need core team review to get merged.

That would be great!

muhammet

Thanks, great !

warmadmax

any news on if this will make it to official package status?

xchaz

Hi,

squid+WPAD bypasses my captive portal. Is there any other way?

Thanks,
Chaz

asterix

@marcelloc:

@Bigdaddy168:

Nice! Can you make this package official?

I can submit a pull request to oficial repo. But need core team review to get merged.

Great work here marcelloc. Finally I have wpad hosted with webconfigurator on https.

Any update on the pull request to official repo?

vicpome

Hi, Marcelloc , Is there a step-by-step manual or instuctions for config the GUI of the "wpad" after it is installed?.
Thanks.

chicago_cs

@vicpome , check out this topic

kklouzal

@marcelloc said in Unofficial WPAD package for pfSense software:

fetch -q -o /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/Unofficial.conf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marcelloc/Unofficial-pfSense-packages/master/Unofficial.24.conf

I logged into SSH, opened Shell, pasted in the 2.4 unofficial repo command and hit enter.

Now when I go to my package manager inside web gui there are no available packages being listed, none at all.

Going to Diagnostics->Edit File and saving "/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/Unofficial.conf" as a blank file brings my official packages back thankfully.

EDIT:

Solved it, a little searching found that the github repo supplies a patch you must apply so PfSense can display unofficial repos. Check the main page on the github page for more info.

KOM

That's a lot of hassle with the potential to break pfSense just to configure WPAD, which is simple to configure by hand.

vicpome

@chicago_cs Agradezco tu respuesta, yo ya instale el pack , pero queria saber cuales son los pasos que siguen despues del 7, o sea como completar el "Gui" ya que no me funciona.
Gracias.

vielfede

@KOM if you use FW as wpad server, It is to avoid web interface protocol change, that's a secuirty issue

vielfede

@kklouzal said in Unofficial WPAD package for pfSense software:

I logged into SSH, opened Shell, pasted in the 2.4 unofficial repo command and hit enter.

Now when I go to my package manager inside web gui there are no available packages being listed, none at all.

Going to Diagnostics->Edit File and saving "/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/Unofficial.conf" as a blank file brings my official packages back thankfully.

EDIT:

Solved it, a little searching found that the github repo supplies a patch you must apply so PfSense can display unofficial repos. Check the main page on the github page for more info.

Just to clarify 2.4.4 Install

System=>Pakages=>Available packages=>System_Patches=>install
System=>Patches=>add new patch=>244_unofficial_packages_list.patch (download it from https://github.com/marcelloc/Unofficial-pfSense-packages)
save
Apply (patch)

fetch -q -o /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/Unofficial.conf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marcelloc/Unofficial-pfSense-packages/master/Unofficial.24.conf

System=>Pakages=>Available packages=>WPAD=>install
configure wpad from Services=>WPAD

KOM

@vielfede Sorry, what? I don't understand what you mean. There is no inherent security issue using the firewall as the WPAD source. You're already running a web server on it. Serving up wpad.dat and proxy.pac from it doesn't make it insecure.

vielfede

@KOM said in Unofficial WPAD package for pfSense software:

@vielfede Sorry, what? I don't understand what you mean. There is no inherent security issue using the firewall as the WPAD source. You're already running a web server on it. Serving up wpad.dat and proxy.pac from it doesn't make it insecure.

I think that If you configure WPAD by hand, you have to switch fw web interface from https to http and this is an issue. Or am I wrong?