Yes, I’ve tried several safety settings under chrome but every time when I want to save a backup of my configuration under Luci, it blocks the download.
I have to accept to download it but often, I forget to do so and I do not have a recent backup.
I should ask Chrome of course but their answers are so obvious.
There for, I’m asking it here.
Is their a setting so Google Chrome always download my backup? Without confirming it?
Thank you very much.
Greetings Tom
Hi,
Perhaps you could try accessing the Admin Panel/LuCI via HTTPS. In my environment, Chrome stopped blocking the download after I switched to HTTPS.
Please note that LuCI uses port 8433 for HTTPS; simply changing “http” to “https” in the URL will not redirect you automatically.
http:
http://192.168.8.1:8080/cgi-bin/luci/
https:
https://192.168.8.1:8443/cgi-bin/luci/
Hi, indeed, using https ignores the blocking of a suspicious file.
Thank you for the suggestion.
But, why is the download so slow compared with http?
HTTPS adds TLS encryption and certificate negotiation, but on an MT-6000 the overhead for a small backup should normally be minor. Chrome’s displayed transfer rate can also be misleading for such a small file because backup generation, TLS setup, and download security checks make up most of the elapsed time.
If the difference is substantial, open Chrome Developer Tools → Network, repeat the backup, and compare Waiting for server response (TTFB) with Content Download. A long TTFB points to backup generation/router-side processing; a long Content Download suggests the HTTPS/browser path. Please share those timings, the backup size, and the router firmware version if you would like this investigated further.
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