From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: October 23, 2007
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Ask Leo Question] - router admin gives only blank page
>
> Leo,
> My question is about my router. WRT54G purchased from Best Buy two
> weeks ago. I set up the router with WEP, MAC filtering (only the ones
> I specify), set the SSID, disable the SSID broadcast, Limit he number
> of DHCP users to the necessary number, and configure the wired compuers
> with their individual static IP. Everything works great for a day.
> The next day I cannot acces the GUI for the router. The Internet works
> great, the network is up and running, but the router will not let me
> access the GUI. When I enter the password into the router, the router
> sends me to a blank white page and then nothing. If I enter the wrong
> password, the router asks me for the correct password again until three
> incorrect attemps. When the correct password is given, the router
> sends me to a blank page. I use the ping command and receive normal
> replies. The ping command works fine from the wired and wireless
> computers, but neither wired nor wireless computers can access the
> routers GUI. Am I being hacked? Is this router bad? My next step is
> to reset the router again, and reinstall the firmware. If this does
> not work, I am wondering what you can suggest as my next step.
I would actually be tempted to clear your browser's cache; sometimes
browsers can get really confused across repeated attempts to access
a password protected page if the password was wrong even once.
I'd also try simply rebooting the router.
Good luck!
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Thanks for asking,
Leo Notenboom
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