Web Redirect Feature Overview and Configuration Guide
The Web Redirect feature monitors HTTP requests passing through a device, intercepts the request, and replies with an HTTP Redirect message instructing the client to go to a specified URL.
This feature could be used in apartment buildings as part of the Internet gateway service for tenants. You could for example, redirect users' web-browsers to a site that presents them with advertising information once in a given period. Or possibly redirect users to a sign-in or payment page.
The following items can be configured for Web Redirect:
- The URL to redirect to
- How often each client should be redirected
- How long a client should be idle before they get redirected
- Exclusion lists for IP addresses and subnets
- Exclusion lists for MAC addresses and MAC OUID's/vendor codes
- Redirection of requests that come from hardware devices or system processes rather than web browsers
This guide describes how Web Redirect works and provides a variety of simple configuration examples.
