What part of "Remember Password" does firefox not understand

Whenever I tell firefox to remember the password for my router (it's a htaccess login), it works fine until I reboot the router. When I reboot it, it just asks me for the password again, despite the fact that I have told it to remember it at least 50 times.

I have tried clearing the cache and saved passwords list to no avail. Why is firefox acting so stupidly? (unless it's some "security" measure)

after flashing the firmware onto my router no less than 12 times today i think i can say with authority that routers are fucking gay.

and i think that's your answer