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FVS336V3 Router - web interface page for LAN groups takes over a minute to open
Hi, The router is on the latest firmware 4.3.3.-6. Everything works great except this annoying problem. To see the full DHCP leases I should open the page "Network Configuration" -> "LAN Settings...
Hey moti,
Yeah, I know it's quite painful to wait for that page to load... A workaround that I myself use is telneting to the device and getting the info that way. Telnet to the unit -> log in with admin and your admin password -> run the command "show net lan dhcp leased_clients list".
If you enable the cmd telnet client in Windows you can script it. Put the following in a notepad document and save as whatever.vbs:
Set cmd = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
cmd.run"cmd"
WScript.Sleep 500
cmd.SendKeys"telnet YOUR.IP.GOES.HERE"
cmd.SendKeys("{Enter}")
WScript.Sleep 700
cmd.SendKeys"admin"
cmd.SendKeys("{Enter}")
WScript.Sleep 500
cmd.SendKeys"YOURADMINPASSWORD"
cmd.SendKeys("{Enter}")
WScript.Sleep 2500
cmd.SendKeys"show net lan dhcp leased_clients list"
cmd.SendKeys("{Enter}")Note the delays, they may need some tweaking to work on your unit. At least my FVS336Gv3 here is pretty slow to load the CLI interface after entering the password so I need a 2500ms delay there. If it's too short it will attempt to enter the show command before you're logged in.
I know it's not really an optimal solution but it works :)
Thanks Danthem. I actually did try to use telnet (mnually, not using your cool script) but I found that I don't always get the latest list of clients. For example, if several new devices were just added the telnet command won't show them until I click "lan groups" on the web page.
Cheers,
Moti
Hmmm, interesting! I'll investigate a bit and get back asap
Oh well, now I know why it's taking so long to load that page.
Once you click "LAN groups" the FVS will send out an ARP request for every IP in the LAN subnets. Once it's gone through them all, the page will display. This is of course a time consuming task but ensures that it display up to date information. Personally I think it would be good if it showed some cached table when you click it and then you have the option to "refresh", but well...
edit: I found an existing feature request on this. Hopefully in a future firmware we will have this!
edit2: Since well, you'd probably want an up to date list.. I think it's an ok way to do it. The main issue as I see it is the fact that doing IP address reservations becomes really annoying / slow because of this. So well, here's the guide on how to do that from CLI which is lightning fast! :)
net lan groups edit [1-8] [desired name of group]
net lan dhcp reserved_ip [MAC-address]
group_name [name of group]
ip_mac_name [name of entry]
ip_addr_type Dhcp_Reserved_IP
ip_address [x.x.x.x]
save
example:
net lan groups edit 1 group1
net lan dhcp reserved_ip 24:03:FD:EE:43
group_name group1
ip_mac_name testentry
ip_addr_type Dhcp_Reserved_IP
ip_address 192.168.1.240
save
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