WPAD Howto

[Alis_Klar]

Hi,

 

There are a number of usefull WPAD threads on Edugeek.

 

I still have a number of questions.

 

Senario: I have mixed clients iOS/Android/Windows 8.1/Mac OS and I would like to make sure that devices can access the internet via our proxy server in school but also the proxy setting needs to be off when they connect on another network (e.g. at home).

 

If I deploy a PAC file using WPAD via the DNS option will this setting "tattoo" and try to use the proxy when a device is at home?

 

Confused as this article seems to say that you need to have a PAC file which detects what the IP address of the client is to do this?

 

Also if I use the DNS method do I no longer need to be concerned with group policy for windows clients? Win7 and 8.1?

 

I have found a utility that creates PAC files for you automatically. Would you use it?

PAC Magic | UTM Tools