WRT54G Web-utility Issues

Question

First of all...I'm using a Linksys WRT54G v5 wireless router and a sbc/yahoo DSL service with a Siemen's 4100 DSL modem.  I am addressing all of my issues using a Dell XPS710 fully loaded running Windows Vista and using IE 7.0.6  I've always been able to use the internet (besides DSL's inevitable issues), but in the last few days have been messing with the settings of my network in order to streamline our filesharing/printersharing within my household.
So I tried checking out the 'General Linksys Router FAQs' but when I clicked the links regarding my problem, it only loaded windows addressing how to set up a "PPPOE DSL service."
So my issue is in regard to accessing the Web-based utility.  When I key in my router's IP address to my web browser (http://192.168.1.1/) and type in the generic password, then it loads the web-utility with obvious 'errors on page.'  I then cannot do anything more than change the time zone...I cannot chose a different tab than the "Setup Basic Startup" tab which loads automatically.
When I click on the "wireless" tab for example, a white page loads with this gibberish:
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I can then return to the previous page on my browser to see the Setup screen again, but there are still obvious visual errors in how the page loaded (it has some of those stupid 'red x's' where images were supposed to load).
So I tried updating the the firmware (its still 1.00.6) using the instructions I found for my router on the linksys website...but halfway during the upload of the .bin file from the management screen, the page failed to load and I recieved the "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" message.  Since then, my connection has been cutting in and out (Local only) and sometimes I cannot view that the WRT54G is part of my network.  Connecting to the internet directly through my DSL modem works just fine still.
So why can't I access my web-utility correctly?  Why can I not upgrade my firmware?  Would upgrading the firmware fix the web-utility access errors?  Why is the connection cutting 'in and out' rather than just not working?  Has ANYONE else had this problem (with the web-based utility not loading correctly in IE)?
Thanks,
Todd W.
Message Edited by Veridicus on 12-11-2007 07:11 AM

Answer 1

I fixed it!  I had to 'reset' the modem for that minute and then upload the firmware from a non-vista pc.  The web browser gave me the 'upload successful' page and so I restarted the computer and unplugged and replugged back in the router...then when the computer rebooted and I loaded the Linksys Router Web-Utility...viola...it no longer contained those ridiculous error screens or jibberish.
And here I though I was gonna have to drop another 50 bucks...