So it's not working for you if you have the DHCP setting for option 252 set? Even if you have the wpad.* domain pointing at your proxy server?
Odd. My reading says that Firefox doesn't even tech the DHCP method. It only works with the DNS method. DHCP shouldn't be effecting FF at all... Can you ping wpad, or wpad.yourdomain? I couldn't until I turned off the Microsoft DNS server blacklist... which I don't have a link for you right now. Microsoft will allow you to enter wpad into your dns server, but won't actually respond to it until you turn that blacklist off. That took me half a day to figure out. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:38:18 -0800 Subject: Re: Further WPAD issue - not DNS... > Yes, WPAD works with firefox, but only with DNS, not with > DHCP-and-DNS, even though DHCP-and-DNS is more secure. > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 13:57, Matthew W. Ross <[email protected]> > wrote: > > WPAD does work with firefox... If you select the "Automatically detect > proxy" setting in the proxy configuration. > > > > To do this, You must edit the %programfiles%\Mozilla > Firefox\greprefs\all.js file, and change the following line: > > > > pref("network.proxy.type", 0); > > > > ... to ... > > > > pref("network.proxy.type", 4); > > > > I just need a clean and easy way to do this for all computers in our > domain. Can anybody help with that? > > > > > > --Matt Ross > > Ephrata School District > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Kurt Buff > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 > > 13:16:17 -0800 > > Subject: Further WPAD issue - not DNS... > > > > > >> So, I've got the US office working - now I had to consider our foreign > >> offices. > >> > >> The AU office has a proxy of its own, but the UK office doesn't have a > >> proxy server. > >> > >> I can configure DHCP in each office to point IE to another web site, > >> each for a wpad.dat of their own, for each office, but that doesn't > >> help with FireFox, which is in widespread use. > >> > >> Anyone run into this? Any ideas on how to solve it? I've been > >> googling, and not finding any real answers to this. > >> > >> Kurt > >> > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
