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Ive got a linksys wrt54g wireless router, hard wired to my computer. Earlier today i noticed i started getting a little popup in my tray that kept saying "a network cable has been unplugged" and it'd only stay up for a couple seconds and then go away, but it was doin it like every 30 seconds. So i checked all my cables, and decided to unplug the power for the cable modem and router and let it sit for about 15 seconds and then plugged them back in
When i did, my cable modem came back up fine, but my router did not. the power and diag lights flash on, then the rest of the lights flash on, then they go out, repeat. If i try to plug my computer back into the router, it gets a connection for split second, then drops, connection, drop, etc. Because of this, i cannot communicate w/ the router (as far as accessing the router homepage)
I'm thinking firmware is corrupt, but I cant get in to update it if i cant communicate w/ the router. Linksys had another way of doing it, but it says to download the tftp.exe program from thier ftp site or whatever, which i tried, and either their site is down, or i just cant get into it, SO i cant even get that program to update the firmware that way. Ive tried a hard reset on the router and that does nothing either.
Any suggestions?