[Dnsmasq-discuss] DNSMASQ and WPAD

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Tue Nov 7 18:54:10 GMT 2017


On 06/11/17 20:38, Donald Muller wrote:
> Does DNSMASQ support Web Proxy Auto Discovery Protocol (WPAD)? I know I
> can create an option 252 in DHCP and also create a WPAD DNS entry, “A”
> record I think, but will DNAMASQ respond properly to requests. The
> client sends the DHCP server a DHCPINFORM query, the DHCP server is
> supposed to return the expected IP settings along with the 252 option
> which defines the location of the PAC file. Does this work in DNSMASQ?

It does. Both the DHCP option and the A record are completely standard,
and don't ned any special support.

Cheers,

Simon.

> 
> I am running a Windows 2012 file server that also runs DHCP and DNS. I
> am converting over to a Linux based NAS that I will run DMSMASQ on and
> want to ensure I will have the same functionality with DNSMASQ.
> 
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> Thanks
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