LinkSys Bricked

[FrankBoss]

an what a week... had a brown out at the shop and my Wireless rougter went nuts.... Christmas day same crap at my House....
Anyone have luck with fixxing these things?

Both are WRT300N...

Thanks
FrankBoss

 

[mjonesjr]

Have you tried hard resetting the routers?

There is a small button on the back, usually hid, that when you push it for 10 seconds, with power connected to the router, it will reset the router to default settings.

 

[Mark_88]

I ould suggest the same thing...but read the manual to check the procedure...some you hold for 5 seconds while powering on...some can be reset with the power on...

Leaving the router off for a few minutes may also dump the settings...there may also be a reset in the user interface...if you have a control panel that is installed you can view the settings and look for reset...if not you should be able to access the router through the IP address...and that you can access through the ipconfig command...your gateway should show the IP adress of the router...if you are not getting a gateway listed you need to reset the router...

If resetting the router doesn't give you a gateway...it's pooched...but it may take a few reseets...just don't overdo it...

 

[FrankBoss]

Thanks for the hints. It turned out to be the power supplies... Oh well it was a cheap fix.

FrankBoss

 

[Mark_88]

Was it a white "2-Wire" by any chance? They were notoriou for bad power supplies...the ISP I worked for just shipped new units in case...

As long as you got it working though...

 

[FrankBoss]

Drk Gray Oval shaped two wire.. replaced with a radio shack unit...

FrankBoss