RT-AC68U and firefox locking up

[banger]

Anyone having problems accessing the GUI in firefox on the RT-AC68U? It will randomly lock up when router.asus.com is in the address bar but if I put the router's IP it is fine. Trouble is FF keeps changing the IP to router.asus.com and it locks up or times out. Edge is fine for the moment keeps the IP. Any clues?

 

[OzarkEdge]

Anyone having problems accessing the GUI in firefox on the RT-AC68U? It will randomly lock up when router.asus.com is in the address bar but if I put the router's IP it is fine. Trouble is FF keeps changing the IP to router.asus.com and it locks up or times out. Edge is fine for the moment keeps the IP. Any clues?

Try a different browser. MS Edge on Win10 works fine.

OE

 

[John Fitzgerald]

Anyone having problems accessing the GUI in firefox on the RT-AC68U? It will randomly lock up when router.asus.com is in the address bar but if I put the router's IP it is fine. Trouble is FF keeps changing the IP to router.asus.com and it locks up or times out. Edge is fine for the moment keeps the IP. Any clues?

On which FIRMWARE?

 

[bbunge]

Not Firefox changing the address. It is the router that redirects from the IP address to the URL router.asus.com. Does this with the Asus factory firmware. Merlin firmware dosen't. I have used Firefox for years with both Asus and Merlin firmware with no issues. However, you may find clearing the browser cache helps. Or refreshing the page from the router by pressing the shift key and clicking the refresh curvy arrow.
Microsoft Edge is just a glorified version of Chrome and has its uses. But about as much as Internet Explorer.

 

[noah way]

Edge and chrome are datamining spyware.

 

[OzarkEdge]

Edge and chrome are datamining spyware.

Both New MS Edge and Google Chrome are built on same Chromium... so basically the same except for their individual Big Data customizations. Don't log a browser into an MS or Google account to keep them from collecting your data/habits.

I consider MS Edge to be the lesser evil. Now that it's basically as good as Google Chrome and is the default Windows browser and isn't of Google, there is no need to install another browser... one less thing to hassle with.

OE

 

[banger]

On which FIRMWARE?

Current Version : 9.0.0.4.386_41994-g769f84f

It seems that when I type router.asus.com in Edge I get DNS Probe error. Wonder if this has anything to do with DoH to Cloudflare?

 

[andyross]

If you think it is DoH, try disabling it and see if it fixes the issue.

Firefox DNS-over-HTTPS | Firefox Help

DoH improves privacy by hiding domain name lookups from anyone lurking on public Wi-Fi, your ISP or others on your local network. Learn more.

support.mozilla.org

 

[banger]

If you think it is DoH, try disabling it and see if it fixes the issue.

Firefox DNS-over-HTTPS | Firefox Help

DoH improves privacy by hiding domain name lookups from anyone lurking on public Wi-Fi, your ISP or others on your local network. Learn more.

support.mozilla.org

A reboot of my PC seems to have cured it. How odd.