H3C Wireless Controller Portal Experience Summary of HTTPS redirection support

Problem phenomenon

HTTPS Web site more and more popular, some customer feedback under the portal network HTTPS can not be redirected successfully

After the DNS address is put in, mobile phone, laptop terminal, browser input IP address, HTTP domain name can be redirected normally, input HTTPS domain name, such as Baidu (https://www.baidu.com/) can not trigger the portal redirection, resulting in customer complaints.

Solution Solutions

(1) V5: (R2509P52 and later version support)

Configure SSL Server-policy First

SSL Server-policy XXX

And then link it to the portal Https-redirect.

Portal Https-redirect server-policy xxx

The SSL Server-policy content can be empty and the V5 comes with a self-signed certificate. However, there will be a security certificate problem alarm prompt, click "Continue browsing" can;

(2) V7:

By default, it is not configured to use the built-in SSL policy, self-signed certificate.

Also will appear with V5 the same security certificate has the problem alarm prompt, click Continue to browse can;

If the customer resents the article, configure the SSL policy with the following fixed name to import the customer-supplied certificate.

The Portal module automatically references https_redirect.

SSL Server-policy Https_redirect---Note here is a fixed name

However, for local forwarding, depending on the AP situation, the situation is as follows:

128M memory for AP Local forwarding is not supported for HTTPS redirection

Support for HTTPS redirection for APS with 256M and above memory when local forwarding

Experience Summary

Whether V5 or V7,https redirection in the case of license without importing a specialized agency, a certificate alert alert will appear in the browser.

H3C Wireless Controller Portal Experience Summary of HTTPS redirection support