We use both WPAD and PAC... Inclusive, setting the WPAD in DHCP. No
problem at all, no truncated requests in the access.log.
The proxy.pac?Type=WMT is when the Windows Media Player try to open a
web URN.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin" <kkadow@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <trainier@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: proxy.pac
On 8/1/05, trainier@xxxxxxxxxx <trainier@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'd reply to the question sent to the list, but I deleted it already.
There's a bug in IE that truncates the last character of the
autoconfiguration file.
If I'm reading this right, you're saying that this problem only happens
when using Proxy Automatic Configuration (PAC) in combination with
the automatic discovery feature (WPAD) of MSIE?
The problem is the packet which requests that file, sometimes get's
fragmented, not always.
This essentially causes IE to request two files: proxy.pa and c
A very simple work-around is to copy proxy.pac to proxy.pa
You should see somewhat more consistency here.
Interesting. We support many thousands of Windows workstations,
all using proxy.pac but none using WPAD.
I do not see any requests for "proxy.pa" in the logs on the web server
hosting the PAC file. I do see a ton of errors for some really humorous
typos -- it's amazing how many different ways there are to creatively
spell "proxy" :)
Kevin Kadow
(P.S. I do see a high number of requests for "proxy.pac?Type=WMT",
is anybody else seeing these?)
