Nortel Networks 4050 User Manual

144 Chapter 4 Configuring the domain

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You can configure the Nortel SNAS 4050 domain to automatically redirect HTTP 
requests to the HTTPS server. For example, a client request directed to 

http://nsnas.com

 is automatically redirected to 

https://nsnas.com

.

To configure the domain to automatically redirect HTTP requests to the HTTPS 
server specified for the domain, use the following command:

The Http Redir menu displays.

The Http Redir menu includes the following options:

dis

Disables traffic logging with syslog messages. 

Traffic logging with syslog messages is disabled by 
default.

followed by:

port <port>

Specifies the port to which the portal server listens for 
HTTP communications.

•

 is an integer that indicates the TCP port 

number. The default is 80.

Note: If you do not accept the default value and you 
specify a different port, you must modify the Red and 
Yellow filters on the network access devices 
accordingly. Otherwise, the client PC will not be able to 
reach the portal for user authentication.

redir on|off

Specifies whether HTTP requests will be redirected to 
the HTTPS server.

•

 — HTTP redirect is enabled

•

 — HTTP redirect is disabled

The default is 

off

.

followed by: