diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/protocols/pxe.py b/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/protocols/pxe.py
index 11922793..5cb9a43c 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/protocols/pxe.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/discovery/protocols/pxe.py
@@ -169,14 +169,18 @@ pxearchs = {
 
 
 shorturls = {}
-def register_shorturl(url):
+urlidbyurl = {}
+def register_shorturl(url, can302=True, relurl=None, filename=None):
+    if url in urlidbyurl:
+        return urlidbyurl[url]
     urlid = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(os.urandom(3))
     while urlid in shorturls:
         urlid = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(os.urandom(3))
     urlid = urlid.decode()
-    shorturls[urlid] = url
+    shorturls[urlid] = (url, can302, relurl, filename)
     returl = '/'.join(url.split('/')[:3])
     returl += '/confluent-api/boot/su/' + urlid + '/' + os.path.basename(url)
+    urlidbyurl[url] = returl
     return returl
 
 
@@ -830,16 +834,20 @@ def reply_dhcp4(node, info, packet, cfg, reqview, httpboot, cfd, profile, sock=N
     if niccfg['ipv4_address'] == myipn:
         log.log({'error': 'Unable to serve {0} due to duplicated address between node and interface index "{}"'.format(node, info['netinfo']['ifidx'])})
         return
+    can302 = True
     if httpboot:
         proto = 'https' if insecuremode == 'never' else 'http'
         bootfile = '{0}://{1}/confluent-public/os/{2}/boot.img'.format(
             proto, myipn, profile
         )
+        bootshorturl = '/confluent-public/os/{0}/boot.img'.format(profile)
+        bootfilename = '/var/lib/confluent/public/os/{0}/boot.img'.format(profile)
+        can302 = False
         if not isinstance(bootfile, bytes):
             bootfile = bootfile.encode('utf8')
         if len(bootfile) > 127:
                 if bootfile.startswith(b'http'):
-                    bootfile = register_shorturl(bootfile.decode('utf8')).encode('utf8')
+                    bootfile = register_shorturl(bootfile.decode('utf8'), can302, bootshorturl, bootfilename).encode('utf8')
                 else:
                     log.log(
                         {'info': 'Boot offer cannot be made to {0} as the '
diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/httpapi.py b/confluent_server/confluent/httpapi.py
index 97909710..db521cc1 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/httpapi.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/httpapi.py
@@ -684,14 +684,26 @@ def resourcehandler_backend(env, start_response):
         if not request[0]:
             request = request[1:]
         if request[1] == 'su':  # shorturl
-            targurl = pxe.shorturls.get(request[2], None)
+            targurl, can302, relurl, bootfilename = pxe.shorturls.get(request[2], (None, None, None, None))
             if not targurl:
                 start_response('404 Not Found', headers)
                 yield ''
                 return
-            headers.append(('Location', targurl))
-            start_response('302 Found', headers)
-            yield ''
+            if can302:  # Maximum transparency helps iPXE and whatever else know the most
+                headers.append(('Location', targurl))
+                start_response('302 Found', headers)
+                yield ''
+            else: # The user agent is too dumb, check headers for server side redirects
+                delegatemethod = env.get('HTTP_X_DELEGATE_METHOD', None)
+                if delegatemethod == 'accel':
+                    headers = [('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream')]
+                    headers.append(('X-Accel-Redirect', relurl))
+                    start_response('200 OK', headers)
+                    yield ''
+                else:
+                    start_response('502 Bad Gateway', headers)
+                    yield 'URL shortening for a limited client without proxy advertised accel support'
+                    log.log({'error': f'Profile name exceeded DHCP limits, and reverse proxy capabilities not detected, switch to the nginx configuration or shorten the profile name: {relurl}'})
             return
         if len(request) != 4:
             start_response('400 Bad Request', headers)