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You might get better results posting in either the Vista forum.

Joe

Thanks Joe, but I’m not looking for results, I already got them.

The “Important Update” when download was buggy for me. IE9 did not allow me to access my router, Compatibility View did not work when used and led to a connection error screen. Uninstalling it from the uninstall update pannel as directed in thier instructions was impossible.
And while it may be that my router is dated, my cable modem and 60 meg connection may be dated also.

If dated technology is the culpret which I have my doubts about that since Bruce can access his with 7, maybe its not time to migrate for everyone without further considerations to take into account. It may have been the installation method since I installed it from the Windows Update prompt rather than save to disc, boot to safe mode, install, and re-boot. But, if that was the issue it shouldn’t be offered through that method.

I have no problems accessing all WRT54G router web pages from IE9 on Windows 7. Perhaps your issues are Vista related?

Bruce

Thanks Bruce, while it may work with 7 it does not with my Vista, so I could either buy a new router, or OS?

Like I posted there are no issues with IE8, so it could well be anoter Vista issue… but since it started and ended with IE9, and you have no problem accessing with 7, it may well be how they decided to update the Vista machines (like I said no record of the update so it couldnt be uninstalled the usual way).

I was recently offered the opportunity to install the important IE 9 update and had the unfortunate discovery that it did not play well with My Linksys WRT54GS.

I could not access all of my router pages, and most that I could were not formed correctly. I tried compatability view with the routers web pages and found it would report that the “website” was no longer accessable (Vista 32 bit system). I jumped on my trusty XP machine and instantly connected to the routers IP with no issues. After updating the firmware, I tried to access again on my Vista/IE9 system. I had the same issues as before, but now I knew it was not the router.

Since I had no problems accessing the router with IE8, I decided to uninstall IE9.
I went to the recently installed updates to Uninstall, and there was no entry for IE9. Using the how to article on the MS website provided no anser to uninstalling without the entry in said folder. After contacting MS Support, and letting MS support plow through the machine for an hour or so, the recommendation was to rollback to the checkpoint before the update… seemed like a bit of a sledgehammer approach, but it worked.

It was a nice browser except for the fact I could not access my router. But, I won’t be purchasing a new router to use it on only one machine, and unless anyone has had better results with different Cisco/Linksys routers, that may be a warning you would like to add to your recommendations.