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Well, end of story....that router is thick as a brick. (Y'all would never guess my musical leanings, would ya....:D) On the umpteenth test of this router before bringing it back to my daughter's place it started doing its thing again, and this time the #1 port's indicator light remained on even when disconnecting the power and connection became impossible again. I popped the housing apart and removed the PC board to find what looked like dried juice or soda on the section holding the flash and memory chips. Enough said.:o
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It sounds like the bits and bytes had a party that got out of hand :( :(
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Not quite, I surprised myself today. Figured I might as well test some of the many methods online for unbricking a Linksys 54GS. I actually got successful pings again, and this time uploaded the DD-WRT firmware completely wiping the buggy Linsksys stuff. I couldn't get the web-based Linksys GUI, so I used TFTP in a command prompt to do the deed. If this works out, I can cure her other problem of poor reception at one end of the house - I boosted XMIT power from 28mW to 60mW.
Back to real-time real-life testing for a few days to make sure the router releases and renews connections.
