For an ipad or a mac you typically go to Settings and then network and
there are two settings.
IP Address should be set to DHCP that configures your ip address
automatically.
HTTP Proxy can be set to Auto with configuration URL
http://10.0.1.50/intranet/proxy.pac or it can be set to Manual using
the proxy address 10.0.1.28 port 8080
Please do not confuse these two settings.