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rmacomic · 09-26-2009, 12:39 PM

Ok I need tech help with a router.

I have been using a linksys wrtg54 router for about 3 years now, not many problems with it. But now I can not get it to set up.
I have pinged the router and know it is getting a signal, Have tried to install via the 192.168.1.1 site, but for some reason it will not let me login, either with my settings or the Admin default. What is weird is that I can run Internet through the routers external plugins. i.e. I can run a land line out of the router and still get Internet, just can't get the router to broadcast.

I have googled the shit out of the problem and can find no help there. Looked at about 30-40 forums and help sites to no avail.

If anyone out there has encountered this problem and has a solution, Rep will follow.

kg_veteran · 09-26-2009, 12:47 PM

I'm no tech head, but it sounds like the wireless part of the router no longer works. Might be time to go buy a new router.

GermanDunk · 09-26-2009, 01:00 PM

Checked the ports ?

rmacomic · 09-26-2009, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by GermanDunk

Checked the ports ?

yup

GermanDunk · 09-26-2009, 01:41 PM

Saved the setup ? Set the router to default and reinstalled ?

rmacomic · 09-26-2009, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by GermanDunk

Saved the setup ? Set the router to default and reinstalled ?

yup

jthig32 · 09-26-2009, 04:23 PM

So you've stuck a pin in the hole and reset the router and still can't login? Are you sure you have the correct default login information?

GermanDunk · 09-26-2009, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jthig32

So you've stuck a pin in the hole and reset

That´s what she said

rmacomic · 09-26-2009, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jthig32

So you've stuck a pin in the hole and reset the router and still can't login? Are you sure you have the correct default login information?

yup, and yup

jthig32 · 09-27-2009, 09:11 AM

Out of curiosity, how do you know it's resetting if you can't login? Are you sure you held the pin in long enough? Did you see lights blink as if resetting? And you used the default login of blank username and "admin" (with no quotes) as the password?

I'm focusing on this point because if you truly can't reset your router and login then it's pretty much garbage.

Also that router is very common and popular because of the DD-WRT software. So it would seem pretty unlikely for you to encounter a problem that no one else has on a router that's been around for so long and been used by so many people.

rmacomic · 09-28-2009, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by jthig32

Out of curiosity, how do you know it's resetting if you can't login? Are you sure you held the pin in long enough? Did you see lights blink as if resetting? And you used the default login of blank username and "admin" (with no quotes) as the password?

I'm focusing on this point because if you truly can't reset your router and login then it's pretty much garbage.

Also that router is very common and popular because of the DD-WRT software. So it would seem pretty unlikely for you to encounter a problem that no one else has on a router that's been around for so long and been used by so many people.

yes the lights have blinked, yes I know this is an uncommon problem,yes it is garbage, but I am getting married on Sat the 3rd and have had to write two 5 page papers, as well as work 6 shifts serving at the steakhouse I now work at. asking you guy for the solution is about all the time I have had to give to the problem before I chuck this thing and buy a new router.

But by all means, lets keep at this router in lue of actual Mavs news.

FreshJive · 09-28-2009, 03:16 PM

I got one.

When I start my treadmill, the sound card on my computer stops making sound. Nothing else in my apartment is bothered. The lights don't dim. Reciever, television, projector, routers, computers all still work. Just the sound from my digital out to my reciever stops. It comes back on as soon as I stop the treadmill. I even unplugged a bunch of stuff to see if it made a difference, but no help.

FreshJive · 09-29-2009, 10:58 AM

Could this possibly be my power supply? Short in the motherboard? My video card has been acting weird for a couple months and one of my hardrives has been reporting it's about to go out for awhile.

DirkFTW · 09-29-2009, 11:32 AM

i don't know what kind of cable you have connecting to the receiver, but i was wondering if maybe it could be some electrical interference

FreshJive · 09-29-2009, 12:46 PM

I didn't think of that. It's a single RCA, so I guess that could possibly be it. I'll experiment on troubleshooting for that later tonight when I have time. Thanks.