Features/Proxy Settings: Difference between revisions

***In both cases, the Web server must be configured to serve the WPAD file with a MIME type of "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig".

***If the DNS method is used, a file named wpad.dat must be located in the WPAD Web site's root directory.

* Select "Automatic" mode in "My Settings" -> "Proxy" (without specifying anything else), and restart when prompted so.

* The above step is all that is needed for "Automatic (WPAD)" mode to  take effect; the WPAD-configuration-file will be located by the DHCP/DNS Server. However, for easy QA testing,  we specify an easy way to replicate this DNS behavior ::

** Add the line "build.activitycentral.com wpad" to the file "/etc/hosts" on the XO, and reboot. '''It is repeated innumerable times, that this  step is required just for easy testing; in actual deployments, the DNS-name resolution will be provided by network-administrators/School-Server-running-DHCPD'''

** Also, thanks a ton to '''Santiago Rodriguez (scollazo@activitycentral.com)''' for setting up the proxy-configuration-files at build.activitycentral.com.

* Open "Browse", and type in "www.google.com". You should be prompted for credentials (as is required by the WPAD-configuration-file at build.activitycentral.com

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* Entering wrong credentials in the previous step, re-prompts :). This time, enter correct credentials.

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* The page opens successfully.

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* Next, type "www.facebook.com"; the "Access Denied" page is shown instantaneously, as per the rule in the WPAD-configuration-file at build.activitycentral.com