WPAD Setup help [Solved]

chavarriaa

Looking for a well documented guide or video to help configure wpad. Do any exist?

With this Post i configurate WPAD, but if you have problems, create your own post. Problems never are the same.

KOM

Looking for a well documented guide or video to help configure wpad. Do any exist?

Look at the post above yours, specifically the link to WPAD Autoconfigure for Squid.

maverik1

I've checked that out but it's quite vague. For example, I run vlans on pfsense. My guest network is 10.0.0.0/24 and my home lan is 192.168.2.0/24.

In the wpad file what do I need to specify as the proxy address? I have configured pfsense such that guest vlan cannot access home vlan and vice versa. As I do not have a separate box I will have to host the wpad on the pfsense box.

function FindProxyForURL(url,host)
{

return "PROXY 192.168.2.1:3128"; What does this need to be to support both vlans?
}

aGeekhere

try this

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";
}

KOM

In the wpad file what do I need to specify as the proxy address?

Whatever the IP address is of the interface that Squid is listening on. Usually your LAN NIC.

I have configured pfsense such that guest vlan cannot access home vlan and vice versa.

Add a firewall rule above your vlan blocks that allows the guest vlan to talk to squid.

As I do not have a separate box I will have to host the wpad on the pfsense box.

So do that then. I host wpad.dat and proxy.pac on my pfSense box. Note that it won't work if you have WebGUI running in HTTPS mode.

maverik1

Is there a command or configuration page to see what interface squid is listening on? As mentioned previously I have vlans running. The default LAN is disabled.

Vlan10 is admin
Vlan20 is guest
Vlan30 is home

I configured squid to bind to vlan20 and vlan30.

You mention that if WebGUI is running over https I cannot host the proxy.pac. Can this be overcome by changing the port from 443 to 444?

KOM

Is there a command or configuration page to see what interface squid is listening on?

Services - Proxy server - General. What's the very first thing you see, starting at the top?

Can this be overcome by changing the port from 443 to 444?

I don't think so. It's not the port that's the problem, it's the protocol.

chavarriaa

@maverik1:

Is there a command or configuration page to see what interface squid is listening on? As mentioned previously I have vlans running. The default LAN is disabled.
…

http://findproxyforurl.com/pac-functions/ <- shows some Function to that.

Try this. Where 192.168.0.0 is your network that you want to have direct access.

function FindProxyForURL(url,host){
if (isInNet(myIpAddress(), "192.168.0.1", "255.255.255.0"))
    return DIRECT;

return "PROXY 192.168.10.10:3128";
}

Or Services >> Proxy Server >> General >> Proxy interface(s) and choose your Networks

maverik1

@KOM:

Is there a command or configuration page to see what interface squid is listening on?

Services - Proxy server - General. What's the very first thing you see, starting at the top?

Proxy interfaces shows:
Home -> "for reference only" (192.168.2.0/24)
Guest -> "for reference only" (10.0.0.0/24)

So back to my original question regarding the wpad file. Does the "return PROXY" statement need to point to the Home, Guest or both interfaces? I want both subnets going through the proxy.

maverik1

I am trying to configure wpad and am testing it out but haven't got it working.

I have configured the following discovery file:

[2.2.4-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: cat /usr/local/www/wpad/proxy.pac
FindProxyForURL(url,host)
{
  if(isPlainHostName(host))
  {
    return "DIRECT";
  }

  if(isInNet(host,"127.0.0.1","255.255.255.0"))
  {
    return "DIRECT";
  }

  return "PROXY 10.0.3.1:3128";        

}

ls -la
-rw-r–r-- 1 root wheel 200 Sep 19 17:01 proxy.pac
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9 Sep 19 15:06 wpad.da -> proxy.pac
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9 Sep 19 15:05 wpad.dat -> proxy.pac

I copied and made some changed to lighttpd configuration file and put it in /usr/local/www/wpad. The changes I made were:

server.document-root = "/usr/local/www/wpad/"
server.errorlog = "/var/log/lighty-proxy-wpad.log"

Added file types:
".dat" => "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig",
".da" => "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig",
".pac" => "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig",

server.bind = "10.0.3.1"
server.port = 80

Verified it worked by starting second lighttpd instance:
[2.2.4-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/usr/local/www/wpad: ps aux | grep -i "lighttpd"
root 26067 0.0 0.2 13152 6012 - S 4:08PM 0:00.86 /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f /var/etc/lighty-webConfigurator.conf
root 45296 0.0 0.2 13152 4968 - S 5:32PM 0:00.02 /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd -f /usr/local/www/wpad/lighty-proxy-wpad.conf

I created a hosts override option in DNS Fowarder, configured necessary settings in dhcp "bootp/dhcp" section.

I am able to browse in firefox to 10.0.3.1/wpad and wpad.localdomain/wpad.dat. However, nslookup on wpad.localdomain doesnt work. Not sure if it needs to. I can ping it though.

I have squid3 installed. Its bound to Guest Interface (10.0.3.0/24) on port 3128. Allow users on this interface enabled. Transparent HTTP Proxy is Disabled and so is SSL MiTM. In ACLs tab I entered: 10.0.3.0/24

For testing purposes, I have crated a fw rule that allows anything from this network to pass so I can get internet. When I put in the proxy auto configure url in firefox the internet no longer works.

Any suggestions? This process is very frustrating

chris4916

@maverik1:

I am able to browse in firefox to 10.0.3.1/wpad and wpad.localdomain/wpad.dat. However, nslookup on wpad.localdomain doesnt work. Not sure if it needs to. I can ping it though.

I'm not sure your browser will try to load any wpad.* file but rather proxy.* file

WPAD acronym covers the auto discovery stuff while proy.pac (or .dat) describes browser behaviour: what is accessed directly (i.e. local files) vs. what must be accessed through proxy.

If you can resolve this name, I wonder how you can browse it ???

In order not to face all potential problems together, I would suggest, once your proxy.pac file is ready, to test it by manually configuring your browser to load this page. This bypasses the discovery step en ensures, if it works ;), that proxy.pac behaves as expected.

maverik1

I understand how wpad works. I was making sure I had access to it. In FF I have specified http://wpad.syndicate.com/wpad.dat in the Automatic Proxy Configuration URL. It's not working as I am not getting any once doing so. I look at the squid logs and do not see anything from that network. So apparently it's not going through. I don't know where to start troubleshooting from.

I've simplified the proxy.pac to:

FindProxyForURL(url,host)
{

  return "PROXY 10.0.3.1:3128";        

}

Don't believe it should be this complicated

chris4916

@maverik1:

I look at the squid logs and do not see anything from that network.

Before looking at Squid log, you should start with web server side.
If you don't see any access to thsi web server (for this page), no surprise if it doesn't work.
Of course, this means that, from your browser, you can resolve this URL ;)

aGeekhere

try

http://pfsense.syndicate.com/wpad.dat

Go through post 1 again, let me know how it went.

maverik1

@aGeekHere:

try
http://pfsense.syndicate.com/wpad.dat
Go through post 1 again, let me know how it went.

I've gone through this several times. My setup is a bit different. I have implemented vlans and there is not one main LAN that all the traffic is passing through. The following are my networks which must be passed through proxy.

10.0.0.0/24 Administrative VLAN
10.0.2.0/24 Local User VLAN
10.0.3.0/24 Guest VLAN

Because I basically have three separate LANs, I am not sure what the proxy address needs to be. Do I need three? Do I also need three DNS Host Overrides?

http://pfsense.syndicate.com/wpad.dat

This doesn't resolve anything in browser, However, the following three are resolved and I am prompted to download the file.


http://wpad.syndicate.com/wpad.dat
http://wpad.syndicate.com/wpad.da
http://wpad.syndicate.com/proxy.pac

chris4916

@maverik1:

Because I basically have three separate LANs, I am not sure what the proxy address needs to be. Do I need three? Do I also need three DNS Host Overrides?

You need one you can resolve and reach ;)
If your VLAN are isolated, then you need 3 accesses 8)

maverik1

If your VLAN are isolated, then you need 3 accesses 8)

The problem is I don't if it's possible to have three separate proxy.pac files. I'm hosting thus file on the same server as pfsense with lighttpd.

aGeekhere

try something like this

function FindProxyForURL(url, host) 
{ 
    if (isPlainHostName(host) ||
        shExpMatch(host, "*.local") ||
        isInNet(dnsResolve(host), "10.0.0.0",  "255.0.0.0") ||
        isInNet(dnsResolve(host), "10.0.2.0",  "255.0.0.0") ||
        isInNet(dnsResolve(host), "10.0.3.0",  "255.0.0.0")) ||

    return "PROXY 10.0.0.0:3128";
}

Not sure with vlans.

lqwwssd

Hello all, I have a problem in regards of the host overrides in DNS forwarder. Here's little bg info.
im running pfsense 2.1.5, squid3 3.1.20 pkg 2.1.2.
hostname:pfsense
domain:tik.local
What happen is. when I set the Listen port 3128 in DNS forwarder. I don't have internet access. But when I set the Listen port to blank, it works again. I can even able to download the wpad.dat via http://wpad.tik.local/wpad.dat
Does anyone know why and how to solve it? Thx.

maverik1

@aGeekHere:

try something like this

function FindProxyForURL(url, host) 
{ 
    if (isPlainHostName(host) ||
        shExpMatch(host, "*.local") ||
        isInNet(dnsResolve(host), "10.0.0.0",  "255.0.0.0") ||
        isInNet(dnsResolve(host), "10.0.2.0",  "255.0.0.0") ||
        isInNet(dnsResolve(host), "10.0.3.0",  "255.0.0.0")) ||

    return "PROXY 10.0.0.0:3128";
}

Not sure with vlans.

Yah, its a bit different. This unfortunately will not work. The 10.0.2.0 and 10.0.3.0 network do not have access to the 10.0.0.0 network. At the moment I am only focusing on getting this to work with one network and then move from there. This really seems to be an issue with the silly proxy. As stated before, my proxy.pac/wpad.dat/wpad.da is as follows:

FindProxyForURL(url,host)
{
  return "PROXY 10.0.3.1:3128";        
}

I am connected to the 10.0.3.0 network and in squid have enabled that interface. Transparent proxy is disabled. Port is 3128. Host override has been configured for wpad on syndicate.com on IP of 10.0.3.1. DSN Forwarder is enabled and on default port (53). DSN Resolver is disabled.

I can ping wpad.syndicate.com, I can ping 10.0.3.1, I can hit http://wpad.syndicate.com/wpad.dat in browser and am prompted for download. When I configure browser to specifically use that URL I am unable to get to Internet. It's as if traffic isn't being forwarded to the proxy. But I don't understand what it could be.