Maybe slightly offtopic, but: keep in mind that DHCP WPAD sometimes in not supported by applications, even by Microsoft Application. So, you need to be very careful implementing this kind of WPAD. PS: wpad via DNS should be prefered.
Feb 16, 2013 Troubleshooting Web Proxy Auto Discovery (WPAD) issues Once it finds the IP address of the host named "WPAD", it uses http to request the document called wpad.dat; The difficulty comes when trying to find a host called WPAD. Internet Explorer will use the following order to determine the host: DHCP request (DHCP Option 252) DNS query; NetBIOS Configuring WPAD (option 252) The WPAD protocol can use a DNS or DHCP server to locate a PAC file. DHCP detection involves the URL being pushed to the user in the DHCP assignment, while DNS detection is based on an informed guess, using known information about the DNS. A web browser that supports both methods checks the DHCP assignment first, and then attempts the DNS method. Cisco DHCP server setting for WPAD - Cisco Community Cisco DHCP server setting for WPAD Hi All, i have a problem with DHCP Server. we used Cisco WS-C4503-E with IOS cat4500-ipbasek9-mz.122-53.SG1.bin. for the existing DHCP server is running well.-----ip dhcp pool ACB123 network 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 default-router 192.168.1.254
Clearing the Cached WPAD Script
Cache / Proxy — Setting up WPAD Autoconfigure for the WPAD will take the domain name given to the machine, likely assigned by DHCP, and prepend wpad.. If the domain is example.com , it will look for wpad.example.com . This task may be accomplished with the DNS Forwarder/DNS Resolver on the pfSense router or with another internal DNS server used by …
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