AuthController $redirectPath, $loginPath overwrite.

I'm trying to implement a login using ajax. When I use the wrong credentials I get redirected to /login, with correct credentials I get redirected to /home even though I added protected $redirectPath = '/dashboard' and protected $loginPath = '/'; to my AuthController.php file. Either way my browser shows me the "NotFoundHttpException in RouteCollection.php line 143:" message because /login and /home aren't specified in my routes.php file.

Here's my AuthController:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;

use App\User;
use Validator;
use Auth;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\ThrottlesLogins;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsers;

class AuthController extends Controller
{
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Registration & Login Controller
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | This controller handles the registration of new users, as well as the
    | authentication of existing users. By default, this controller uses
    | a simple trait to add these behaviors. Why don't you explore it?
    |
    */

    use AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsers, ThrottlesLogins;


    protected $redirectPath = '/dashboard';

    protected $loginPath = '/';

    /**
     * Create a new authentication controller instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->middleware('guest', ['except' => 'getLogout']);
    }

    /**
     * Get a validator for an incoming registration request.
     *
     * @param  array  $data
     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Validator
     */
    protected function validator(array $data)
    {
        return Validator::make($data, [
            'name' => 'required|max:255',
            'email' => 'required|email|max:255|unique:users',
            'password' => 'required|confirmed|min:6',
        ]);
    }

    /**
     * Create a new user instance after a valid registration.
     *
     * @param  array  $data
     * @return User
     */
    protected function create(array $data)
    {
        return User::create([
            'name' => $data['name'],
            'email' => $data['email'],
            'password' => bcrypt($data['password']),
        ]);
    }

    public function authenticate($credentials)
    {   
        $authenticate = ( Auth::attempt($credentials) ) ? true : false;

        return $authenticate;
    }

    /**
     * [getLogin description]
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response Html document
     */
    public function getLogin() {
        return view('auth.login');
    }

    /**
     * Handle an ajax login request to the application
     * 
     * @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
     * @param \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */ 
    public function postLogin(Request $request)
    {
        $this->validate($request, [
            'username' => 'required', 'password' => 'required',
        ]);// Returns response with validation errors if any, and 422 Status Code (Unprocessable Entity)

        $credentials = $request->only('username', 'password');

        if ($this->authenticate($credentials))
        {
            return response(array('msg' => 'Login Successfull'), 200) // 200 Status Code: Standard response for successful HTTP request
              ->header('Content-Type', 'application/json');
        }

        return response(array('msg' => $this->getFailedLoginMessage()), 401) // 400 Status Code: Forbidden, needs authentication
          ->header('Content-Type', 'application/json');

    }

    /**
     * Logs user out of app
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response 
     */
    public function getLogout() {
        Auth::logout();
    }

    /**
     * Returns registration form view
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function getRegister() {
        return view('auth.register');
    }

    /**
     * Registers users
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function postRegister() {
        return response('Registration Succesful!', 200) 
              ->header('Content-Type', 'application/json');
    }



 }