Slow to load Router Config. Page!

Ok..i've got this weird issue. Here's what i've got....

Linksys WRT54G v8. Router *Firmware flashed with DD-WRT v24.

5 PC Devices

1 Windows Vista Home Premium Notebook

1 Windows XP Pro Desktop

2 Windows XP Pro Notebooks

1 Personal Media Player

My issue is that when I try to access the Router's Config. Page it loads very, very slow on the 2 Windows XP Pro Notebooks...roughly ~3 mins loading time. When it's done loading and I click on a button in the Router's page it takes another decade to load again...Painfully slow!

On the Vista, XP Pro Desktop and the PMP device that has Wi-Fi functionality, the Router's Config. page would load almost instantly....what could be the cause of this? and what if any is a solution to this?

I have tried unplugging the Modem's power and cables, and also the Router's power and cables and replugging them starting from the Modem etc. 2wice i've done this to no avail. I don't think it would make sense to Reset the Router since three of the devices can access the page quickly with no lagging.

Anyone with an idea as to what to do?

Thanks in advance for any input!

Edit: BTW, the Internet works fine on all devices...accessing web pages with no issues.

 

Is your notebook wirelessly connected?

 

Just a guess, have you tried to direct connect with the E cable? Maybe the Dd-Wrt has something to do with the loading time.

 

@ wirelessman: All the notebooks are wirelessly connected, including the PMP (of course) Only the desktop is connected directly to the Router. The Vista notebook connected wirelessly loads the page normally with no lag.

@ hpdv6700: I just tried connecting one of the XP laptops that has the issue directly to the Router as the desktop PC is...in the 2nd port and no luck there either...the same thing happens...I made sure to disable the Wireless Adapter also, just utilizing the LAN Adapter only.

FWIW I've also tried clearing the Internet cache and flushing the DNS by using the ipconfig /flushdns command. None of these methods worked...didn't really expect them to but.....

 

Do you have different wireless cards?

Where is located the problematic laptop in reference to the router and the other laptop?

 

^^ yes ranging from Broadcom, Linksys and I believe Intel AGN.

FYI: I do not believe it's a browser issue either as I have tried using Mozilla and you've guessed it..same prob.

 

What is the adapter in the problematic laptop?

Check if you have maximum power enable and also that the wireless mode is setup properly.

 

The adapters in the two problematic laptops are 1) External 'Linksys Wireless-G Notebook Adapter WPC54GS Ver. 1' and 2) 'Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN'

Maximum power is 100% on both Adapters. And power save mode is off.

 

I thought only one laptop was giving you trouble

If using Ethernet and WiFi the problem is the same, then the problem is at the protocol level, try removing IPv6, some people have reported problems with it.

 

Try reading over my original post for better clarification. The XP Notebooks don't have IPv6. The wireless mode on the adapters are 54g/Auto. The Broadcom was set to 802.11b only...I changed that to 54g/Auto and still has the same problem.

BTW I can connect quickly to the Modem's Config Page with the problematic laptops but there are errors on the page making it virtually unreadable and unusable. The devices that work fine also loads the Modem's page fine.

 

Are you running a firewall on the slow computers? Have you checked the hosts file on the slow computers?

 

I've turned off the Firewall...and nothing. The host file is clean...just the loopback address is in there.

 

Have you checked your router's error logs? Perhaps something in there will tell you what's been going on. If you use DHCP, have you tried revoking the problem PCs' leases?

If it was a difficult task to write down settings and apply them after a reset, I might not recommend a hard reset. However, since that isn't the case, you might give it a shot.

 

Are you using IE or FF (v2 or v3). There was a bug in dd-wrt that IE does not load. You must use FF. You may also want to try a different release of dd-wrt. Also check with the dd-wrt forum. I have used them and they are good.

edit. I have also noted the last update MS has messed up my NB. You may want to back it out if it was working up to that point.

 

Check if your browsers are running through a proxy. It should be set to No Proxy.

 

I am just bewildered right now...To sum up..since I suspected DD-WRT to be the prob. i've reset the router back to its factory setting...updated the firmware to the latest one being 8.00.5, reconfigured everything from scratch and now there lies a new problem. The network runs fine but now..the same 2 Win XP notebooks will not load the Router's Setup Page properly. It will load the page fast this time around but it looks like this. When it should look like this. Again i've tried disabling you can say all the settings in my Antivirus/Firewall program..i've tried using Mozilla, I've played around w/ Internet Explorer settings, cleared cache, flush dns, plugged out Modem and Router cables...Nothing will fix it. FYI, if I click on a button on the badly loaded page it would give me a Cannot Display Page error. Again the Vista Notebook, the XP Pro Desktop and the PMP of all devices loads the darn page fine.

I don't think anyone can help w/ this one but all suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

Did you check that the router address has no proxy running? You need to put its address in the "no proxy" box

Also try a different browser.

 

Sorry for the late re-post..been sorta busy

No Proxy Running

Tried w/ FireFox ...don't know what other browser to try.

Any other suggestions guys?

I was thinking along the lines of IPSec..i messed around with the settings but no dice!

Edit: Ah mean it's not a big problem for me, but I would like to solve it. BTW Thanks for all the responses so far.

 

Please list the make/model of the slow loading computers and the wifi/NIC make/model (ie: Dell e1705 w/3945ABG and Broadcom 440x 10/100 NIC).

 

The Toshiba Satellite A20 S207 laptop is using an external 'Linksys Wireless-G Notebook Adapter WPC54GS Ver. 1' and the Compaq Presario R4000 uses a 'Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN'.

 

I'm stumped. The only thing I can recommend is asking this question and/or reviewing the Linksys forum. At this point, I think only Linksys techs might be able to help.

 

And i just tried using the built-in Toshiba card and i've remembered y i don't use it...It only supports WEP security and the speed seems to only be at 11Mbps (power Xmit is set to high). Oh..and that card doesn't load the page properly either. So back to WPA2 and the external card.

 

SOLVED:

My Panda Antivirus+Firewall program was the cause of the page not loading properly. Now was it the cause of the original problem of the Router setup page loading slow...i'm not sure but I wouldn't doubt it for one minute.

How I fixed it:

I was troubleshooting the issue and one of my troubleshooting steps led me to uninstall my antivirus program...I checked again and the page loaded with no issues. I've re-installed it since and it doesn't have any issues as of now..so am good to go!

 

That's so interesting, programs aiming to protect the computers like antivirus, antispam, antspywares, antixxxx, including firewalls end up being the source of issues.

 

I don't think it's a bad thing....And if I had to rate Panda i'll give it a solid 8/10. It has very good Wi-Fi access protection control I must say.

 

Just came across this thread after a google search and I'm already a NBR member!

I'm having the same problem. Can't get to 192.168.0.1 for my sitecom router. Trying turning off anti-virus (AVG free) and firewall (Comodo) isn't doing anything.

I'm about to try an uninstall of both.

 

1) Have uninstall Comodo - no change.

Don't know if there's a point in uninstalling AVG, as it was working last week with AVG running in the b/g.

 

Are you sure thats the address? 192.168.0.1 is usually for the modem where as 192.168.1.1 is for the router. If yours is built into one then check on the device.

Else, have you tried it hard wired and wired?

Also, run an ipconfig /all to see what your gateway is. This should tell you where to point your browser to.

 

It is possible that he might have changed the Router's Private IP Address nizzy. But to be sure 72hundred you could run a ipconfig command in command prompt and take note of the Default Gateway, that would be the Router's IP Address.

Nevertheless 72hundred I would suggest also uninstalling AVG as well...for me the issue was Panda Antivirus and it loaded the Router's config. page w/ it before...it just decided one day not to load it. So don't overlook AVG too....

Also, are you using any third-party firmware such as DD-WRT?

 

Many thanks for responses.

Yeah its 192.168.0.1, ran ipconfig /all and it was the default. Haven't changed it, although might if I can ever get access to it again! Uninstalled AVG just now and still doesn't load. (So probably going to re-install AVG and Comodo now since they've been eliminated as the problem.) Also the firmware running on the router is normal one.

Three options left as I see it:

• Tried wired connection. (Doubt this will do much as the connection strength if very strong.)
  
• Unplug and plug back in router.
  
• Reset the router and re-enter all the info (don't really want to have to do this as I've WPA2-PSK and MAC address filtering running nicely now).

I'll try 'em in that order and post back up the results.

72oo

 

Finally got the thing to start working again.

The very very old trick of unplug and plug back in again seemed to work. Did both the router and modem at the same time.

Finally can access my settings - y'ah!

Thanks for help again.

 

Try to reflash the firmware?

 

unplug and plug back in

 

you want to actually take the firmware and reflash it.

 

Its a Sitecom Wl-153 with 1.29 firmware. Its the lastest.

So your recommending d/l the 1.29 and installing the firmware again?