configure squid so that clients auto-detect proxy settings

[karunakar]

My system runs dhcp and squid proxy. What do I need to do so that clients can auto detect proxy settings?

[drk]

My system runs dhcp and squid proxy. What do I need to do so that clients can auto detect proxy settings?

It's been a while since I monkeyed with this stuff but I think this is what you want in your dhcpd.conf file:

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option wpad code 252 =        text;
option wpad                   "http://192.168.nn.1/wpad.dat";

Then the wpad.dat contents:

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/var/www/html # cat wpad.dat
function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
        return "PROXY proxy.example.com:8080; DIRECT";
}