Captive loop on https redirect

commodore64 · May 3, 2012, 7:50 AM

Hi to all,
I'm testing an installation of pfsense (pfSense-2.0.1-RELEASE-amd64.iso.gz) on a pc with 2 nic (internet/lan, wireless) for the activation of captive portal service. Now all things working fine with http, but when I active https protocol (I follow the instruction of http://blog.stefcho.eu/?p=814) the client after has acquired the certificate, can't redirect to login page (with explorer and chrome), with error TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS. In the address bar the url is repeated many times (https:pfsense.domain.lan:8001/index.php?rediurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpfsense.domain.lan%3A8001%2Findex.php%3Frediurl%3Dhttp….).

any idea?
many thanks to all

steelmax11136 · May 3, 2012, 9:06 AM

Did you do as exactly as the guide say mostly the part "DNS Record

Go to Services > DNS Forwarder"…

commodore64 · May 3, 2012, 9:50 AM

yes, the CN is set to host.domain. The dns resolve correctly the query, also from ping is correct. On client I can see the intermediate certificate (the network should be ok). In the url I can see that the rediurl point to http and not to https, is correct?

drewtibs · May 3, 2012, 8:06 PM

Try disabling MAC filtering in Captive portal settings. Worked for me. Everytime I logged in from wireless repeater I would loop, main wireless access point worked fine. MAC from repeater evidently broke the MAC to IP relationship and triggered loop. Disabling MAC filtering stops this behavior for me.

commodore64 · May 4, 2012, 8:15 AM

Many thanks for your help, but the problem is still persist. Now I think to refresh the installation with a new one, and retry the procedure step by step.

Best regards