solid power light (and nothing else) on WRTP54G

Has anyone had this experience please?

WRTP54G was working fine, Suddenly the VoIP line stopped working, Then
the whole router seemed to stop working much

At the moment, despite all flashes, (reset for 30 seconds, then I
tried taking plug out and pressing reset for 30 seconds followed by
plugging it in and keeping the reset button pressed for another 30
seconds) I cant get anything to register on it whatsoever. I can get
the power light to flash a bit on trying to reset (it doesnt seem to
be cycling, just flashing dimly a bit), followed by the inevitable
steady power light on. No access to the router with the ethernet
cable, no wireless access, no IPCONFIG /renew, no nothing.

On 2/5/2012 8:46 PM, Amanda Ripanykhazova wrote:
> Has anyone had this experience please?
>
> WRTP54G was working fine, Suddenly the VoIP line stopped working, Then
> the whole router seemed to stop working much
>
> At the moment, despite all flashes, (reset for 30 seconds, then I
> tried taking plug out and pressing reset for 30 seconds followed by
> plugging it in and keeping the reset button pressed for another 30
> seconds) I cant get anything to register on it whatsoever. I can get
> the power light to flash a bit on trying to reset (it doesnt seem to
> be cycling, just flashing dimly a bit), followed by the inevitable
> steady power light on. No access to the router with the ethernet
> cable, no wireless access, no IPCONFIG /renew, no nothing.

From what I've read this model can crash from something as simple as a
temporary power failure.

Anyway here are a few of things that come to mind that might get it
working again.

1. Try a compatible power transformer, set to the same voltage and a
amperage rating equal or higher than the original. I like to use one of
those hefty universal units with the voltage switches on it for testing,
like from Walmart or Radio Shack. Just be sure the test power supply is
equal or larger, in fact the larger the better for future testing with
other devices. That way I only have to keep one test power supply
around and switch the voltage to what ever I need to test. It also
helps to have those adapter power tips that they come with as well.
Many problems are just a power supply being slightly off voltage or
other problems.

2. The other thing is to verify your PC is set to a "fixed" IP address
of 192.168.1.10 and see if you can ping 192.168.1.1 from your PC. If
you can ping the router try going to that address using a browser. if
the ping works but not the browser (with scripting turned on) then you
should still be able to TFTP the firmware back into the box. Yes other
values will work in your PC but the ".10" is one that the router will
not fight with when it gets defaulted.


3. You might find suggestions at the following link to be of use.
Depending on the problem you might need to make/purchase a JTAG serial
adapter cable to gain access to the router but with luck it is just the
above fixed IP address issue or power supply.

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php...om_a_Bad_Flash
including some of the side links included in the article.

On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:26:57 -0600, GlowingBlueMist
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On 2/5/2012 8:46 PM, Amanda Ripanykhazova wrote:
>> Has anyone had this experience please?
>>
>> WRTP54G was working fine, Suddenly the VoIP line stopped working, Then
>> the whole router seemed to stop working much
>>
>> At the moment, despite all flashes, (reset for 30 seconds, then I
>> tried taking plug out and pressing reset for 30 seconds followed by
>> plugging it in and keeping the reset button pressed for another 30
>> seconds) I cant get anything to register on it whatsoever. I can get
>> the power light to flash a bit on trying to reset (it doesnt seem to
>> be cycling, just flashing dimly a bit), followed by the inevitable
>> steady power light on. No access to the router with the ethernet
>> cable, no wireless access, no IPCONFIG /renew, no nothing.
>
> From what I've read this model can crash from something as simple as a
>temporary power failure.
>
>Anyway here are a few of things that come to mind that might get it
>working again.
>
>1. Try a compatible power transformer, set to the same voltage and a
>amperage rating equal or higher than the original. I like to use one of
>those hefty universal units with the voltage switches on it for testing,
>like from Walmart or Radio Shack. Just be sure the test power supply is
>equal or larger, in fact the larger the better for future testing with
>other devices. That way I only have to keep one test power supply
>around and switch the voltage to what ever I need to test. It also
>helps to have those adapter power tips that they come with as well.
>Many problems are just a power supply being slightly off voltage or
>other problems.
>
>2. The other thing is to verify your PC is set to a "fixed" IP address
>of 192.168.1.10 and see if you can ping 192.168.1.1 from your PC. If
>you can ping the router try going to that address using a browser. if
>the ping works but not the browser (with scripting turned on) then you
>should still be able to TFTP the firmware back into the box. Yes other
>values will work in your PC but the ".10" is one that the router will
>not fight with when it gets defaulted.
>
>
>3. You might find suggestions at the following link to be of use.
>Depending on the problem you might need to make/purchase a JTAG serial
>adapter cable to gain access to the router but with luck it is just the
>above fixed IP address issue or power supply.
>
>http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php...om_a_Bad_Flash
>including some of the side links included in the article.

A minor point - the WRTP54G defaults to an IP address of 192.168.15.1
rather than the usual 192.168.1.1, so the PC will need to have an
address in the 192.168.15.x subnet. 192.168.15.10 should work.

The User Guide is available via this link:
<http://homesupport.cisco.com/en-us/wireless/lbc/WRTP54G>

On 2/7/2012 10:57 AM, Char Jackson wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:26:57 -0600, GlowingBlueMist
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> On 2/5/2012 8:46 PM, Amanda Ripanykhazova wrote:
>>> Has anyone had this experience please?
>>>
>>> WRTP54G was working fine, Suddenly the VoIP line stopped working, Then
>>> the whole router seemed to stop working much
>>>
>>> At the moment, despite all flashes, (reset for 30 seconds, then I
>>> tried taking plug out and pressing reset for 30 seconds followed by
>>> plugging it in and keeping the reset button pressed for another 30
>>> seconds) I cant get anything to register on it whatsoever. I can get
>>> the power light to flash a bit on trying to reset (it doesnt seem to
>>> be cycling, just flashing dimly a bit), followed by the inevitable
>>> steady power light on. No access to the router with the ethernet
>>> cable, no wireless access, no IPCONFIG /renew, no nothing.
>>
>> From what I've read this model can crash from something as simple as a
>> temporary power failure.
>>
>> Anyway here are a few of things that come to mind that might get it
>> working again.
>>
>> 1. Try a compatible power transformer, set to the same voltage and a
>> amperage rating equal or higher than the original. I like to use one of
>> those hefty universal units with the voltage switches on it for testing,
>> like from Walmart or Radio Shack. Just be sure the test power supply is
>> equal or larger, in fact the larger the better for future testing with
>> other devices. That way I only have to keep one test power supply
>> around and switch the voltage to what ever I need to test. It also
>> helps to have those adapter power tips that they come with as well.
>> Many problems are just a power supply being slightly off voltage or
>> other problems.
>>
>> 2. The other thing is to verify your PC is set to a "fixed" IP address
>> of 192.168.1.10 and see if you can ping 192.168.1.1 from your PC. If
>> you can ping the router try going to that address using a browser. if
>> the ping works but not the browser (with scripting turned on) then you
>> should still be able to TFTP the firmware back into the box. Yes other
>> values will work in your PC but the ".10" is one that the router will
>> not fight with when it gets defaulted.
>>
>>
>> 3. You might find suggestions at the following link to be of use.
>> Depending on the problem you might need to make/purchase a JTAG serial
>> adapter cable to gain access to the router but with luck it is just the
>> above fixed IP address issue or power supply.
>>
>> http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php...om_a_Bad_Flash
>> including some of the side links included in the article.
>
> A minor point - the WRTP54G defaults to an IP address of 192.168.15.1
> rather than the usual 192.168.1.1, so the PC will need to have an
> address in the 192.168.15.x subnet. 192.168.15.10 should work.
>
> The User Guide is available via this link:
> <http://homesupport.cisco.com/en-us/wireless/lbc/WRTP54G>
>
Thanks for the heads-up on the default address/subnet info Char.