Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly

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Subject	Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly
Date	Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:15:43 +0100
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"NY" <me@privacy.invalid> writes:

> Has anyone had problems getting Firefox to remember and replay the
> admin password for a Zyxel router?
>
> I've got an entry in Firefox's "Saved Logins" list which contains the
> full password, but when I browse to the router's IP and get the logon
> prompt, the auto-saved password only contains one character (is it
> coincidence that it's the final character of the password?). I can
> click on the cogwheel alongside FF's saved-password entry which takes
> me to the entry in the list from which I can copy the full password,
> so it's not insurmountable, but it's a minor pain. I've tried deleting
> and re-adding the entry in FF's Saved Logons - same result.
>
> The router is an EX5601-T0.

Yes, with DX3301-T0, in fact all the browsers and Bitwarden all fail in
the same way, putting one character in. I have just memorised the
password and type it every time.

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Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly "NY" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-09-03 10:10 +0100
  Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2026-09-03 10:58 +0100
    Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-09-03 11:24 +0100
    Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-09-03 11:35 +0100
      Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2026-09-03 11:57 +0100
      Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-09-03 12:27 +0100
        Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-09-03 14:01 +0100
          Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-09-23 20:27 +0100
  Re: Logging into Zyxel router (to configure it) from Firefox - password not saved correctly Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-09-03 14:15 +0100

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