23b LAN/DHCP Page Misloading

[traderyoda]

Loaded 23b in a new 66u - Asus 260 wasn't working - very slow. I updated to your 23b and voila! - problems disappeared - GREAT JOB.

In Chrome and IE, I noticed that the DHCP page has issues. I enabled "manual assign" and entered my IP/MAC list... when I hit "Apply" the page came back cut off and the list I entered was lost (see pic). I think the assignments went through correctly though (not sure). Rebooting doesn't fix. Any clue???

 

[octopus]

Try with apply after every dhcp assign.

 

[traderyoda]

The DHCP page won't take any inputs... tried entering a single line and "Apply" but nothing happens. Rebooted and no change. The page comes back up as shown and is inert. The only thing I can do with this page is hit the browser back button to return the LAN tab under "Advanced Settings".

 

[octopus]

Did you do NVRAM reset before and after your update ?
Did you use your "old" configfile ?
My suggestion is: erase nvaram and reconfigure by hand.

octopus

 

[traderyoda]

Many thanks for the advice.

Yes - I did an NVRAM reset when I loaded 23b, but not before. I manually loaded the table, but I loaded the entire table before hitting "Apply" vs 1 by 1.

I'll try another reset and see if that clears it out.

 

[RMerlin]

Failure for a page to load is usually caused by a device on your network that has an invalid hostname (i.e. it contains accents or illegal non-alphanumerical characters such as quotes).

Try turning off/unplugging all network devices except for your main computer (making sure it has a valid hostname), then reboot your router. See if that resolves the issue. If it does, investigate your network devices one by one to determine which one causes the issue.

Asuswrt is quite fragile in that aspect. While I fixed a few of these issues, I'm pretty sure there are still many of them left.

 

[traderyoda]

Okay - here's what I found.

I did a nvram reset via Telnet using:
mtd-erase -d nvram
reboot

Everything went smoothly. I went back in and created the IP range I wanted (192.168.1.100-255) and hit "Apply" - took it with no problem. Then I entered the first assignment and hit "Apply" - no problem with this either - the single address showed up and the DCHP page loaded fine. Then I tried to put two assignments in before hitting "Apply" - that crashed the page. Apparently in this configuration you can only add to the table one item at a time, which is pretty time consuming if you have a bunch of entries.

 

[traderyoda]

Hi Merlin - I wondered about that... so I triple checked the hostnames and they're all pretty plain jane. Rebooting doesn't seem to clear the page, but resetting the nvram via telnet does the trick. I'll reset it again and start over following your advice and see where I get.

 

[traderyoda]

Update...

I reset the nvram and started over with one client connected and adding one IP/MAC at a time by hitting the "Apply" button each time. Though it took awhile to load the whole table it's all in there. I reconnected everything on the LAN, rebooted, and everything's working very smoothly.

I never realized these tables are such touchy things... now I know.

Thanks for the help with this and setting me straight!!