"Char Jackson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:52:57 -0500, "Kerry Liles"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>>Just bought this (new) - flashed Tomato firmware and was working nicely...
>>all of a sudden, router reset itself more or less continuously (after
>>working well for about 10 min or so). Decided to try to flash back to
>>Linksys firmware, but wired ports absolutely dead... no link lights when
>>cable plugged in, no lights on front of unit to indicate a cable
>>connected.
>>Reset procedure no difference... flashed original Linksys firmware via
>>wireless (yes, I know not supposed to, but unit was 6 inches away and the
>>flashing worked). Still no joy with wired ports...
>>
>>Anyone have any other ideas before I use to build a retaining wall...
>
> When you did a reset, was it a 'full' reset, where you hold the reset
> button for 30 seconds? Shorter resets just initialize a few things,
> while the full reset puts everything back to stock settings.
>
> Since you can still access it wirelessly, it seems like a possible
> hardware (switch) failure, but I haven't seen that before. Maybe
> someone else has.
>
Yeah, I tried lots of reset attempts - definitely first one was holding
reset for 30 seconds or more. Found some info on 30/30/30 technique - 30
seconds with power; 30 without; 30 again with power again... etc. Tried
several other ideas: holding reset while removing power or applying power
etc. WAY too much use of the reset button.
I did have an online chat with Linksys tech support who took a long time to
realize I was NOT using said router to communicate with them (was accessing
it locally... from a laptop) and my claim that there were no link lights on
the RJ45 connection at the laptop was not quite understood... but they came
to the conclusion it was a brick. I hate to have to navigate the 'for-pay'
return policy of this vendor...
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