BEFSR81 v3.1 Blank Admin Pages

[HappyLinksysUser]

BEFSR81 v3.1

Current firmware 2.51.4 build 600 (09-4-2009)

The Web Admin pages become dysfunctional after the router has been up 3-4 days displaying only a blank white page. Viewing the page source shows that the HTML is incomplete.

I am not sure of the exact firmware version where this problem originates, I noticed it after flashing to 2.51.4 build 400 but cannot remember which version was running before the update. Just flashed to 2.51.4 build 600 last week hoping the new version had corrected the problem. Still broken.

The router remains completely functional but the Web interface does not work correctly after 3-4 days.

I have tried re-flashing the firmware and have gone as far as resetting the router both before and after the flash, even tried 30/30/30 resets but the problem with the Web interface remains.

Re-booting the router every 3 days is not the best “solution” as my network is running DHCP. I would rather not fall back to older firmware as ver 2.51.4 build 400 corrected the DHCP errors on my Windows machines and decreased the initial connection time when machines boot up.

I have read in this and other forums where others are having the same problem with this router/firmware but have been unable to find a working solution which leads me to believe the actual problem resides in the later firmware builds.

[great_white]

If you are unable to view the setup page of your Router, then how you have upgraded the firmware of your Router?

[HappyLinksysUser]

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HappyLinksysUser wrote:
The Web Admin pages become dysfunctional after the router has been up 3-4 days...

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The Web Admin pages are available for a couple/few days after re-booting the router. So the Webpage firmware update is available if I re-boot the router. I have also used tftp to upgrade, seems to be faster but still having the problem with the Web interface dying after a few days.

Does anyone know if Linksys still makes older firmware versions available for their routers? I tried an old address I had for their ftp server but it appears it is no longer valid.

[ReneBernier]

same problem here.  I have the lastest version of the firmware

[PsYcH0_NaUgHt]

yeh same problem here after upgrading to latest firmware

any info ?

thanks

[Dianeoforegon]

I'm seeing the same issue of a blank page when I enter 192.168.1.1.

BEFSR81 v3.0, firmware 2.15.4.6

Everything is working, but I can't access my settings to change anything. 

[Dianeoforegon]

BTW, what's with the Kudos icon? I didn't add it. 

[PsYcH0_NaUgHt]

if you want to change settings

do a hard reset by pushing the reset button on the back of your router

this will reset everything including password...back to admin

but then you can change settings 

but after a few days you will notice it will go blank white

but the settings still remain ok......

but if you want to then make a change you have to do a hard reset again

pain in the butt

so admin moderators.....please tell us what the problem is or when new firmware will be available

because this is really getting on my pecks

kudos ...god only knows

ps do not want to flash back 

[PsYcH0_NaUgHt]

push reset for good 30 seconds

oh yeh and get yourself another router ....lol

[HappyLinksysUser]

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PsYcH0_NaUgHt wrote:

if you want to change settings

do a hard reset by pushing the reset button on the back of your router

this will reset everything including password...back to admin

but then you can change settings 

but after a few days you will notice it will go blank white

but the settings still remain ok......

but if you want to then make a change you have to do a hard reset again

pain in the butt

so admin moderators.....please tell us what the problem is or when new firmware will be available

because this is really getting on my pecks

kudos ...god only knows

ps do not want to flash back 

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In my experience a "hard" reset of the router is not necessary. Simply re-initializing the router by removing power for 30 seconds and plugging it back in will correct the problem of accessing the Web admin pages for a couple/few days until they "break" again.
 
I also would rather not flash an older version of firmware as Linksys DID correct some annoying DHCP problems in 2.51.4.4, not really an option anyway as Linksys apparently does not make previous versions available to their users.