linksys wga54g

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Only a thought but try disabling your firewall if you have one, mine stopped
me accessing the set-up screens.
Cheers T

"damo" <damo@nottodayplease.com> wrote in message
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> Has anyone got one? I have a problem with mine:
>
> 1. the set-up software will not recognise it.
>
> 2. I can ping 192.168.1.250 (management ip) but as soon as I attempt to
> access via a web browser I have a problem. I am able to input the default
> id and password but the browser hangs. If i try a ping 192.168.1.250 -t at
> the same time all is well until I input the password and hit 'enter'; then
> the ping times out.
>
> 3. the power light is, after the unit has been on for 5 seconds or so,
> always orange. surely, if it is working correctly it should be green?
>
> Please don't give me any advice about wireless set-up or encryption - I
> have not got that far yet as I have not been able to manually configure
> the device!
>
> TIA,
> Damo

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Andrew Nisbet wrote:
> damo wrote:
>
>
>>surely, if it is working correctly it should be green?
>
>
> Not sure about the wga54g but the wrtgs54 & befsx41 but run with a
> green led ... didnt look for the manual for what orange means, are the
> setting factory default? if not might be worth a try.
>
> Is it new/ new to you? have you logged in before etc?.
>
> Andrew
>

That's the problem. It is an ebay purchase.... I have only managed to
get as far as I have said in my OP.

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Andrew Nisbet wrote:
> ok, the manual (ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pdf/wga54g_ug.pdf) mentions the
> light should be green, and does not mention an orange or amber led.
>
> It looks like simply pressing the reset button does the factory reset,
> i.e. it does not say for how long ... as the .250 is the default
> address it may not make a difference, but worth a try.
>
> Not sure if you can reload the firmware via tftp, it only mentions the
> web interface, that might be the problem as is has basic connectivity
> vi ip and things seem to go bad (oragne) after some inital tests are run
>
> good luck.
>
> A.

had it confirmed by linksys support that it is a firmware problem. no
way of fixing via tftp (which I guessed). pity.