|
Q: Why am I seeing a Authentication Required pop up when accessing MX reports and some section?
A: This is typically due to using windows authentication and that is what causes authentication required form to pop-up if someone outside the domain is trying to access it.
As long as your a domain member on a local network, IIS uses the credentials of the person logged in to the workstation and will not prompt.
If the workstation is not a domain member, or it's a public site behind a firewall/proxy, you'll get a prompt.
The problem you see is a browser issue, not an IIS one. IE or other browsers won't pass credentials to a site unless it's in the intranet security zone or the same domain. IP addresses aren't a domain or machine name so IE or other browsers sees them as internet zone and won't pass credentials. To fix this, add the IP address to the intranet zone in your browser security tab.
Another option is under directory security tab in IIS Click Edit & Enable Anonymous access option
| 
