From what I have read, and I certainly do not understand all the details of how Web Proxying is implemented, but it appears that it can be a resource drain if used. I’ve read thru about a hundred posts trying to search for a clear answer to my specific scenario, but if I missed it my apologies up front.
My deployments of RB750G networks implement a HotSpot to redirect users to an external authentication portal, where, after authenticating, they are assigned a validated VLAN tag. These authenticated users will not hit the HotSpot service on the Mikrotik. However, what I need to do is if they enter a specific URL into their browser: “company.myinternet.com”, then I need the Mikrotik to intercept that web page request, and instead redirect them to “company2.myinternet.com/?realm=xxx&UI=zzzzz” which includes a couple of parameters in need to forward to the redirected address server. I am assuming that standard web parameter passing still works (like the originating client device’s MAC address) with this redirection.
Question is can I do this without Web Proxying transparent feature? Or this (only) works via Web Proxy and don’t worry about memory or resource impacts? Can this be done by a DST-NAT Firewall set of rules instead? Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks - David