Slow web page rendering, httpd crashes - Merlin 378.56_2 on RT-N66U

[tbessie]

Hi all...

Since I've been using Merlin, one thing I've noticed is how sometimes it takes like 30 seconds or a minute to finish rendering on of its GUI's web pages. Sometimes it doesn't appear to render at all. I just went to the "Wireless" page, and sat for a minute waiting, but it never went to that page, just sat attempting to load it. I refreshed the browser twice, and THEN it appeared.

Does this happen to everyone or just me? Or is it specific to the RT-N66U, since it's older and likely slower?

EDIT: I also notice that when trying to set a name for a device on the MAC filter page, the old names that used to be there are after the MAC address, but it shows "New device". Also, when I try to set a name on the device, it hangs. If I refresh the page, it goes back to the login screen...?

CPU and memory usage are low when this is happening, so it doesn't appear to be a resource issue. The system log shows the http server restarting every time this happens, so it looks like it's crashing from time to time on certain actions:

Nov 14 14:10:19 watchdog: restart httpd
Nov 14 14:10:19 rc_service: watchdog 250:notify_rc start_httpd
Nov 14 14:10:19 httpd: start httpd - SSL

- Tim

 

[tbessie]

Sometimes its cause by antivirus... for exemple,Im using Eset Smart Security if i dont exclude in "Filtering Protocole" 192.168.1.1 , i got the same issue, pages not loading, must refresh 2-3 times
Same on my n66 and ac68

I'm using Avast Premier, and I have "Web Shield" turned off, just "Filesystem Shield" and "Firewall" are turned on. It doesn't report blocking anything when this happens.

- Tim

 

[tbessie]

I turned off all firewall and anti-virus, still happening.

Also, since I updated to this version, network lag has been HUGE.

- Tim

 

[gffmac]

eset used to have this effect, even disabling it didnt fix it, an uninstall made it work again. There was an exception you could add which worked tho.