Configuring automatic detection

Updated: February 1, 2011

Applies To: Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG)

The topics in this section provide information about how to configure the automatic detection of Web proxy settings for Web proxy client applications. Forefront TMG provides automatic detection by means of an automatic configuration script, or by using a WPAD entry in Active Directory, DNS or DHCP. Forefront TMG can act as a WPAD server for Web proxy clients.

The following topics describe:

• Configuring the WPAD Server

• Creating a WPAD entry in DHCP1

• Creating a WPAD entry in DNS

• Configuring Active Directory for Automatic Detection

• Removing WPAD from DNS block list

• Configuring Forefront TMG Client for automatic detection

• Configuring Web browsers for automatic detection

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