shouldnt have a problem getting your money back..  put up a quick auction and location since people probably want to know how soon they can get it

ok, i got 0.94 firmware running, it fixed the network page, and i could use some help setting it up
does the subnet mask supposed to match the gateway's?
and is the dns servr address supposed to be same as gateway?

Did you  check the directionality of the fans?  Blowing into the heatsinks and not out?  Some mismounting of the fans in that regard.

the networking page attempt(s) crash the miner
Huh

I've got news for ya... I've had a few savvy IT peeps trying to get the miner just to run... using teamviewer & other interfaces....  Ya know who got it to run...?
I did...    from info shared in here, bit by bit......  amen
and btw... its connected to an ethernet switch...to laptop, which uses my android....    many pros said it couldnt be done, and tried to help... and I thank them for that... but fact is...   its running now, the ip thing is solved I'm thinking, but simply cant change the miner thru the web interface to "save" the configging... ssl is the only way I am able to access the miner, and physically start cgminer, and physically enter all the info evrry time any hiccup happenz
0.94 indeed stopped the crashing, but hashes just a tad less, at around 260

sounds stable as a 3 legged table

Ok couple of questions/comments.

1. Whats the ip address, subnet, dns server and gateway settings of the computer you are using to connect to the miner?
2. Whats the IP address, subnet, dns server and gateway of the miner?

If you have a dhcp server on your network it will automatically hand out an IP address to the miner, at the same time it will setup the subnet and gateway.

If you don't have a dhcp server on your network then everything has to be setup manually, you would probably remember if you had to setup your computer manually.

Suffice to say that in most home situations the only thing different on all the devices will be the IP address, the subnet and gateway and DNS settings will all be the same.

The good news is that you can copy the Subnet/Gateway/DNS settings from a working device to one that isn't setup correctly. Just don't copy the IP address, use the same ip range but make sure the last two digits are unique for each device.

In order to talk to each other, given there is no router in between them they need to be in the same Subnet and IP range.

Another thing to watch out for is any proxy server settings in your browser, if there is one setup then it may make it problematic to connect to web interfaces on devices inside your network.

I went 'in progress' Monday 1 am pacific time.....23xx saturn ordered/paid june 18th....no status change since??

right now the value feels LIKE A SLAP IN THE FACE.......