Unofficial WPAD package for pfSense software
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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.
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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
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If you would please, we would be very grateful for a more detailed guide.
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Nice! Can you make this package official?
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Nice! Can you make this package official?
I can submit a pull request to oficial repo. But need core team review to get merged.
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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!
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Thanks, great !
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any news on if this will make it to official package status?
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Hi,
squid+WPAD bypasses my captive portal. Is there any other way?
Thanks,
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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?
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Hi, Marcelloc , Is there a step-by-step manual or instuctions for config the GUI of the "wpad" after it is installed?.
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@vicpome , check out this topic
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@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.
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That's a lot of hassle with the potential to break pfSense just to configure WPAD, which is simple to configure by hand.
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@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.
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@KOM if you use FW as wpad server, It is to avoid web interface protocol change, that's a secuirty issue
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@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
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@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.
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@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?
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OK, now I see what you mean. No, you're right that WPAD needs an HTTP server. I don't see how a WPAD package gets around that unless it's installing its own http server.
