Linksys Cable/DSL modem allows access to WAN

From: "supe"

| Hi, | | I have a 2-year-old Linksys cable/dsl router exhibiting odd behavior. I | made no changes. I just woke up one morning and it started doing this: | | - when I run ipconfig, my PC shows an IP address assigned by my DSL | provider, rather than the usual 192.168.x.x address I assigned it via | the router | - when I hit the reset button, nothing happens | - when I power it off/on, it takes about 2 minutes before the lights | come back on | - when I try to hit the admin page via 192.168.1.1, the web browser | says it can't find the page | | The lights are otherwise blinking as normal. I can still connect to the | internet through the router, as though my PC is connected directly to | the DSL port. Is my router fried?

Sounds like the wiring has changed. You have night Gremlins.

After a wind-induced power outage, my Speedstream router gave up the ghost. I can ping it, but the internal web server is fried, and DHCP no longer worked. I performed a hard reset on it, and all status lights aindicate it's fine, but it isn't.

I replaced it with a Netgear on sale at Staples for $30.

--Gene

I replaced the router and all is fine. I don't know what happened to the old one, the software just pooped overnight. Now it acts like a hub.