all. I'm unable to make my router perform a hardware reset, and I cannot understand why. The router is a WRT54GC (the little one).

All was working well, except that my iPhone could not connect to the wireless. I found that the router was only allowing AES encryption on WPA2 Personal mode, so I upgraded the firmware. I updated the firmware to Ver.1.06.1, and everything went screwy.

• The router is no longer showing up in the WiFi list (as Linksys, or its previous network name).
• Wiring into the router gives me an IP address from my ISP (24.121.121.XXX).
• Attempting to do a hardware reset, but the power light never starts flashing and the router does not seem to reboot.
  • My machine wired in is still online with no interruption in WoW.
• Pulling the power cord to force a reset returns it to the same state.

I even went so far as to pull up my previous IP address (from DynDNS) and try to connect to that, but it wont even ping.

What I'm trying to find out is: Did the new firmware fry the thing, or is there some way to fix this?

Thanks in advance for any help.

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4 Answers

If the router is 'bricked' you may have to resort to more drastic measures :(

First thing to try is the 30/30/30 reset:

1. Disconnect all network cables, not the power cable.
2. Push reset button for 30 secs.
3. Without releasing reset button, disconnect power lead.
4. Hold the reset button for another 30 secs.
5. Replug the power lead.
6. Continue holding the reset button for another 30 secs.
7. Release the reset button and leave the router for about 10 secs.
8. Disconnect power cord for another 10 secs and then reconnect.

With any luck that may have reset the router. If not (you don't mention which model linksys) you could take a look here:

The Wrt54g Revival Guide

There are similar routines for other models.

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It appears that this router is simply dead. Either the firmware I installed was corrupt, or the thing just gave up on life.

The solution is: Go buy a new router if the above doesn't work.

I had a similar problem a year ago with a Linksys Router. Mine ended up just being dead. I had used it for about 8-9 months when this happened and I tried a ton of different things to get it to hardware reset with no luck. I am not saying yours is dead, just that there is a small chance that it is!

I have a Linksys WRT 160N and the 30-30-30 rule doesn't work. What works for me is I put the box in the freezer for 10-15min. Then it powers up normally.

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