[luau] "Clogged" Linksys router

[MonMotha]

So tell Linksys you're running Windows98 then "convert" their 
instructions to Linux if they actually ask you to do anything.  Most 
likely they'll just try to get you to telnet to it or maybe serial 
console in (if it has one, most of the cheap deals don't) after power 
cycling it.

Since this is an embedded device that doesn't even theoretically have to 
talk to a PC in it's lifetime to fulfill it's job, the OS you're running 
is rather irrelevant.

--MonMotha

Mathisha wrote:
> I took telnet off my machine (paranoa I guess). I don't have a serial 
> port but I'll try to telnet (once I get it installed). I wonder if the 
> router is getting any sort of signal at all. The cable modem's PC light 
> would not light up with the router knocked out. With the router in DHCP 
> mode it made the modem think the router was a PC.  Which makes me wonder 
> if the router is externally detecable.
> 
> The power cycling thing was the first thing I tried. Even left it 
> unpluged for a day or two without success. Linksys annoyingly supports 
> only M$ OSes :( I'm wondering how to get the firmware intalled if I 
> can't connect to the router. Havn't messed with firmware embeded OS 
> stuff before.
> Hope the router is not fried :(
> 
> Mathisha
> 
> 
> Taylor Cody Civ SAIC/PETS wrote:
> 
>> When my netgear drops the WAN side I can still telnet into the private
>> subnet on the LAN side and reboot.  It's never a bad idea to go to
>> http://linksys.com/support/support.asp and see if there are any firmware
>> updates for your make and model.
>> (snip)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: MonMotha [mailto:monmotha at indy.rr.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 2:26 PM
>> To: luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu
>> Subject: Re: [luau] "Clogged" Linksys router
>>
>>
>> I'm just curious, but have you tried power cycling it (unplug and plug 
>> it back in)?
>>
>> If so, is there a serial port on it that you could console in with?
>>
>>
> 
> 
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