D-Link DI-624 Doesn't work.

Have you tried doing a factory reset?

Otherwise it sounds like its bricked to me.

I assume you tried a grand reset. Also try holding the reset button down while turning on the router. Adding a few 4 letter incantations may also help.

I have a DI-624, which methinks is a rev C1, sitting on a hilltop with an endless flashing status light. Obviously, this is not proper operation, but everything works, so why bother fixing it? Anyway, I've seen the DI-624 (various revs) do strange things. Most were fixed by reloading or updating the firmware. Most did NOT stay fixed and were eventually converted to eWaste. Personally, I think there's an internal routine that tramples bits and pieces of the flash ram until things stop working and it's time to buy a replacement.

If you want to spend an inordinate amount of time on the problem, be advised that the DI-624 sorta supports TFPT firmware updates:

If it's still mostly alive, you might give that a try.

There's also a hack to flash the DI-624 firmware onto a DI-524. While that's not directly applicable, reverse engineering the procedure might be useful for flashing your DI-624 using TFTP.

I had a DLink AP do exactly that after a power flick during a storm. The WLAN LEDs (802.11a/bg) (and power, IIRC) stopped illuminating, but everything else was still lit. Reset didn't work on it either. I thought it was toast, but was able to fix it. The firmware simply became corrupted during the power flicker. When I hooked it up to a computer directly, it gave me a page saying that firmware was corrupted and an option to update the firmware.

Are you setting up a static IP on your laptop before you connect it? Set up something like IP 192.168.0.100 , Subnet mask 255.255.255.0 , and then try connecting to it at 192.168.0.1 If it is just corrupted firmware, you should get a page saying that the firmware is corrupted and also a means to upload new firmware from your laptop.

Try connecting the laptop to both the WAN and one (all, if need be) LAN ports. I forget which I had to use. (I think it was actually one of the LAN ports that I did have success with.)

If that doesn't work, then it is probably toast...

how do I grand reset? Is that when I plug it in with the reset pressed?

how do I grand reset? Is that when I plug it in with the reset pressed?

To just clear the settings, press and hold the reset button (hole in back of unit) for: 10 seconds: according to DLink

Do *NOT* unplug the power after punching the reset button. Give it time to scribble all over the NVRAM settings area. My guess is about

However, methinks you need a new firmware load, which requires a different reset procedure. See:

Note that IE is required.

Some are different, but figure you need to unplug or disconnect the power, then press and hold down the reset button for 10 to ? seconds.

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:17:20 -0800, big_d_316 aided th' terraists with the following claims :

Well first off its gonna *cost* you... Like a thousand dollars :(