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I have a cable bringing internet into my apartment. If I plug it into a single computer, then to get the connection working I have to set the "Automatic Proxy Configuration" to point to a .pac file.

I have purchased a TP-LINK router (model TL-WR741ND) and was hoping I could set it up to handle the "Automatic Proxy Configuration" so that computers connecting through the router would not have to take any additional steps to get internet working.

Can I setup the router to look for the .pac file so each computer does not have to be setup to do so? If so how?

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It is extremely unlikely that router is going to do anything useful for you. What you need is something that can run an HTTP proxy, forward requests to an upstream proxy, and can operate in interception mode. – Zoredache Jan 17 at 22:55
Do you actually have Internet access? Or do you just have access to a web proxy? – David Schwartz Jan 17 at 23:08
I'm not sure, how do I tell the difference? – Ian Hern Jan 18 at 10:43
Try a program other than a browser, like a torrent downloader, SSH client, FTP client, game that uses UDP, or anything not HTTP/HTTPS based. – David Schwartz Jan 18 at 15:12
I can't FTP in to anything : P – Ian Hern Jan 18 at 20:31

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