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be_philippe
Jul 02, 2025Aspirant
MS305E Invalid password when accessed through DNS name instead of IP
I just configured a new MS305E. When I access the UI through it's IP address (http://10.10.1.5), everything works correctly. When I access the UI through a DNS Name (http://switch1.home), I get the...
AGI
Sep 16, 2025Tutor
I have the same issue. When accessing the MS308E via https using the IP address, I can login; when accessing via https using DNS (ms308e.mydomain.com) with valid certificate, I get the following:
This is definitely a bug because I don't get this behaviour with my Netgear M4300-24X24F, M4300-28G-PoE+ and MS510TXUP switches. Netgear, can you pls fix this?
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