WPAD.DAT problem

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jo.harding

Hi,


i'm trying to get the "automatically detect settings" option in my
internet explorer to work
(you know, to get automatic proxy configuration form the webserver)


i got as far as using the "use automatic configuration script" option
with "http://wpad.my.domain.name/wpad.dat" filled in as adress. And,
according to my sources, if this works, the automatic detection should
work. However, it doesn't.


any suggestions?


thanks
Jo Harding
 
i tried a few other things:
http://wpad.my.domain.name/wpad.dat gets me a download dialog box
http://172.18.x.x/wpad.dat (server IP adress) does the same
http://wpad/wpad.dat on the other hand gets me a page not found error

could this be in any way related to my problem?
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Apparently the wpad.dat file should contain a script.
Is scripting active? Perhaps you can use a script debugger
to trace its actions?

Do you have a client machine which has this working?
If so you could trace what it does, trace what yours does
and compare the traces, e.g. without necessarily knowing
exactly what the flow should be. Similarly you could trace
and compare using tools such as FileMon and RegMon
in case differences there gave any better clues.


BTW I think that you might have better luck finding an answer
to this question in a newsgroup which specializes in networking
for your OS. Here's a troubleshooter which contains a link
to one for followup questions:

http://www.michna.com/kb/


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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