Half-Dead WRT54GC?

[JigPu]

Hey guys -- about a week ago my roomate got a new Linksys WRT54G to replace our flakey DI-604. It's been running great up until yesterday when the thing appears to have suddently died.

After quite a bit of screwing around with the thing, it appears that it's running as a hub/switch instead of a router. The default address 192.168.1.1 isn't pingable, and it refuses to hand out addresses via DHCP (the address I have now was recieved by Comcast's DCHP server). Because of this, if I'm using the net my roomate won't get an IP (comcast only hands out one per customer) and can't access the net, and vice-versa.

I've tried resetting multiple times (though I can't find a definitive guide on exactly how to reset... mabey it's more complex than just hitting the button?) to no avail. Google brings up two or three people who've had this problem as well, and each has returned the router.

I'd rather not replace the router (though it's not out of the question -- thank goodness for 30 day returns!) if this is fixable. Any ideas on how to proceed?

JigPu

[snvpa]

to reset the router fully unplug it and then depress the reset button for 10 seconds. there should be something flashing on the fron when you plug it back in. Its possible for some part of the router to break but to have it still perform switching duties yet not routing function is unlikely.

[JigPu]

Didn't work :( It comes back on as if nothing had happened. I also found something over at Linksys (http://linksys.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/linksys.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3176&p_created=1131055153&p_sid=dFZQT96i&p_accessibility=0&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX 3Jvd19jbnQ9NTcmcF9wcm9kcz0xJnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0xLjE mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9ub CZwX3NjZl9sYW5nPTEmcF9wYWdlPTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1 yZXNldA**&p_li=&p_topview=1) about "Management Mode", but it dosen't work. Of course, that could be because I've got the "C" version (and the page says it only works for the vanilla version).

JigPu

[snvpa]

hmm can you get into the router at all? if you can't get in at all I would say the thing is prolly shot and you shoudl jsut get another one. I'm not sure what the C stands for on your router but the funtionality should be the same.

[Cheator]

I have similar issues with my wrt54g v3 and v2.2. I think some are just crappy. If you just got it, I would recomend getting another one. What version do you have?

To reset, I hold the reset buttom for 10 seconds.

[JigPu]

Well, I'm pretty sure what the problem is. My roomate decided to try flashing the router, and it stopped about halfway though. Apparently the router is smart enough to still act as a switch without valid firmware, but routing == no. He's supposedly going to pick up a new one since there's no way to reflash it from what I've seen.

JigPu