Here is what I would do:

1. Do a long reset on the router. This means holding the reset
button on the back in for 30 seconds. This returns the router to
factory settings. If you had shut off the DHCP server the last time
you used the router it would not connect.

2. Connect up a straight cable to your laptop.

3. open up a browser and put in 192.168.1.1 You should get a log in
screen.

4. If not open up a DOS command window and type ping 192.168.1.1
The router should answer the ping. If not then it is not listening to
its ethernet port.

5. I would then turn on a laptop with a wifi radio. Open up what
ever software you use and see if you can see the SSID of the router.
If you can repeat step 3.

6. If all of this fails the router must be bricked. Take a look at
this web site: http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47259

Wilton


--- In WRT54G@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew O'Brien" <andrewobrie@...> wrote:
>
> straight cable.
>
>
> On 10/31/07, Allan Alessio <allanalessio@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I dug out one of my routers and was going to put it to use. The
last time
> > I was messing with it, it had dd-wrt installed. I tried to
connect to it
> > via a Ethernet cable, both a straight through and a cross over.
Neither one
> > worked. I disabled all my network connections and just had the
Ethernet
> > port working on the laptop. I connected the Ethernet cable to
port 1 of the
> > router. The router looks like it's working correctly, the lights
are on and
> > flashes.
> >
> > Any ideas on how to proceed? Is it suppose to be a cross over
cable or a
> > straight through?
> >
> > Thanks for any and all help regarding this issue.
> >
> > Allan
> >
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