use strict;
use warnings;
use WWW::Mechanize;
use MIME::Base64;

my $PW = 'PWPWPW';

my $auth = MIME::Base64::encode("" . ':' . $PW);

my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();
#$mech->default_headers->authorization_basic("", $pw);

$mech->add_header( 'Authorization' => 'Basic ' . $auth );

$mech->get('http://192.168.1.254/left1.htm');

print $mech->content;

__END__

my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();
my @args = (Authorization => "Basic " .
            MIME::Base64::encode("" . ':' . $PW));
$mech->credentials('192.168.1.254:80', 'ABCDEF', "", $PW);
$mech->get('http://192.168.1.254/', @args);

print $mech->content;

warn             MIME::Base64::encode("" . ':' . $PW) . "-";

__END__

my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();
#$mech->default_headers->authorization_basic("", $pw);

#$mech->add_header( 'Authorization' => 'Basic OmVsbHkwMA==' );

#$mech->get('http://192.168.1.254/left1.htm');

$mech->get('http://www.google.com');

print $mech->content;
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