For DNS, in my DNS/DHCP/File/Web server, in its hosts file I set :
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172.22.22.1 wpad.test-7x.howitts.test
In the DHCP server running dnsmasq I set a 252 record:
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dhcp-option=enp5s0,252,http://wpad.test-7x.howitts.test/wpad.dat
It never detected the file but always prompted me to configure the proxy (with the correct port) so part of it is working.
If I changed the connection options to "Automatic proxy configuration URL" = http://wpad.test-7x.howitts.test/wpad.dat then it worked immediately, picked up the proxy settings and asked me to authenticate, so there was no problem navigating to that address.
The above DNS and DHCP settings worked fine in Windows 10/IE.
Am I doing something wrong in Ff or is it broken?