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Title: Management Interface opening web login page that uses basic authentication
Post by: niwmik on February 04, 2026, 06:07:01 PM
I have set up a Management Interface and assigned it to the "Listen Interfaces" in System: Settings: Administration.  For testing purposes, I created a firewall rule for the Management Interface that passes to all destinations.  I created a ISC DHCPv4 services and am able to get an i.p. of 192.168.100.50.  I then try to open the web interface at 192.168.100.1, but instead of getting the form-based authentication page, I get a basic authentication prompt.

This has worked for me before in an older version of OPNsense, but I'm starting fresh with 26.1.  Is there something else I need to set up to get this to work?
Title: Re: Management Interface opening web login page that uses basic authentication
Post by: meyergru on February 04, 2026, 06:33:30 PM
I think what you see is probably an overlay of several misconfigurations. OpnSense does not have a basic authentication for starters.

Maybe what you see is the basic login of your ONT or modem, which often has a management IP of 192.168.100.1. For this very reason, the use of that specific subnet is discouraged here (https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=47099).

That being said, you should not have the ONT on your management network, because it much likely also is your WAN.
Title: Re: Management Interface opening web login page that uses basic authentication
Post by: niwmik on February 05, 2026, 01:34:33 AM
Thanks, I set it to 10.10.60.0/24 and now it's working.