Netgear wireless WPN824 router admin via IE6: "The page cannot be displayed"

[Thomas G. Marshall]

I've asked this question a few places, and have ended up hearing crickets in
the background, so now I'm here.

Netgear wireless router WPN824 / Windows XP SP2 / IE6 / Verizon DSL(not that
that should matter
for this question).

When I connect to my WPN824 (RangeMax) router via Internet Explorer 6,
I get the SmartWizard pages usually ok, but when I try to change some
of the settings I get:

The page cannot be displayed

For example, I go to:

Advanced-->Wireless Settings-->Setup Access List

And add a mac address to filter to, it will give me the "updating
settings" progress bar, and then instead of the page again it will give
me the cannot be displayed error.

I tried setting the IE keep-alive timeout to 120 seconds, on the off
chance that it was timing out IE, but it did not help.

This happens on many of the settings. It's driving me nuts, sometimes
hitting F5 and reloading the smartwizard pages shows that the changes
had not taken effect.

Pop-ups are not blocked.

Any ideas???

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Take a look at networkmagic.com or .net i can remember, it worked for me. I
have verizon dsl and wireless router WGT624 by netgear. Lap Top wireless
desk top direct connect. I sought from dell 2 hr's on the phone (no real
help), microsoft $35.00 i did not pay. Networkmagic worked in 10 min.
Enjoy!!!! this is a must for home networks eazy and fast and simple all in
one. And tech support line is not busy if you need it (but i doubt it).

 

[N. Miller]

I've asked this question a few places, and have ended up hearing crickets in
the background, so now I'm here.

Netgear wireless router WPN824 / Windows XP SP2 / IE6 / Verizon DSL(not that
that should matter
for this question).

When I connect to my WPN824 (RangeMax) router via Internet Explorer 6,
I get the SmartWizard pages usually ok, but when I try to change some
of the settings I get:

The page cannot be displayed

For example, I go to:

Advanced-->Wireless Settings-->Setup Access List

And add a mac address to filter to, it will give me the "updating
settings" progress bar, and then instead of the page again it will give
me the cannot be displayed error.

I tried setting the IE keep-alive timeout to 120 seconds, on the off
chance that it was timing out IE, but it did not help.

This happens on many of the settings. It's driving me nuts, sometimes
hitting F5 and reloading the smartwizard pages shows that the changes
had not taken effect.

Pop-ups are not blocked.

Any ideas???

Thanks.

What about security permissions. SOHO routers usually rely on JavaScript
for the web access configuration pages to function.

BTW, I did see the subject line in another group. I passed it by, then,
because I don't have a Netgear WPN824, and know that I likely wouldn't be
able to help with a WPN824 specific problem. Had you left out the model
number, I would have jumped in sooner. The subject line should outline the
problem, but the details should be reserved for the body of the post. Say,
"Router configuration pages don't accept input", or the like.

 

[Thomas G. Marshall]

N. Miller coughed up:

What about security permissions. SOHO routers usually rely on
JavaScript for the web access configuration pages to function.

BTW, I did see the subject line in another group. I passed it by,
then, because I don't have a Netgear WPN824, and know that I likely
wouldn't be able to help with a WPN824 specific problem. Had you left
out the model number, I would have jumped in sooner. The subject line
should outline the problem, but the details should be reserved for
the body of the post. Say, "Router configuration pages don't accept
input", or the like.

I thought of making it vague, but after /extensive/ searching, I could find
no other router with this issue, and this WPN824 is so new that there is
almost no WPN824 specific posts as yet, so it seemed like it stood a good
chance of being something germain to this model. I had just tried out a
different netgear router with a very similar HTTP admin, with no such IE6
error. {shrug}

If I continue without luck, I repost everywhere with something more general:

Router HTML admin pages yield "page cannot be displayed"

and then if that doesn't work, I'll go to:

Router. The ****ing thing.

and then

Help.

 

[Quaoar]

I've asked this question a few places, and have ended up hearing
crickets in the background, so now I'm here.

Netgear wireless router WPN824 / Windows XP SP2 / IE6 / Verizon
DSL(not that that should matter
for this question).

When I connect to my WPN824 (RangeMax) router via Internet Explorer 6,
I get the SmartWizard pages usually ok, but when I try to change some
of the settings I get:

The page cannot be displayed

For example, I go to:

Advanced-->Wireless Settings-->Setup Access List

And add a mac address to filter to, it will give me the "updating
settings" progress bar, and then instead of the page again it will
give me the cannot be displayed error.

I tried setting the IE keep-alive timeout to 120 seconds, on the off
chance that it was timing out IE, but it did not help.

This happens on many of the settings. It's driving me nuts, sometimes
hitting F5 and reloading the smartwizard pages shows that the changes
had not taken effect.

Pop-ups are not blocked.

Any ideas???

Thanks.

It is relatively common that people will not respond to a cross-posted
query.

Q

 

[Thomas G. Marshall]

Quaoar coughed up:

....[rip]...

It is relatively common that people will not respond to a cross-posted
query.

That is one of the biggest myths in all of usenet. Through trial and error,
I've discovered that I get the most responses by cross posting, usually to
only 2 groups.