router seems to have been hubified - has it been cracked?

Hi .... I've got a problem with my router.... I'm convinced it's been cracked, although I don't have any problems getting onto the internet...

The problem is that my pc is "on" the internet directly, so the router seems to be behaving like a hub or a switch, not a router.

My ip address is 83.xxx.xxx.xxx, rather than 192.168.1.xxx, like I would expect. Also it gives me no hope of accessing the administration app, which is normally on 192.168.1.1

It's a wrt54g v2.0.... and I'm afraid someone has cracked it and flashed the rom.

I've tried resetting it, setting my ip to 192.168.1.10 and pinging 192.168.1.1, but I get no result, except that it changes from "no route to destination" to "request timed out" when I power on the router. I can see the light flashing on the port activity too, when pings are being sent.

I even followed all the instructions on "Bricked! OR, How to Resurrect a Dead Linksys WRT54G", including shorting the pins, but it has made no difference!

Is it possible that my isp could insist that I have it this way? Is it some braindead Microsoft UPnP app that is doing this?

Any help much appreciated, as I'm very worried about being directly on the internet.... I don't trust my software firewall very much!!! (

/Michael

Other details: the DMZ led never lights. When resetting by holding the reset button for 30 seconds, the power light sometimes starts flashing permanently, until I reboot. Telnet to 192.168.1.1 80 times out.

If I disconnect from the internet (and reboot the router), I get the microsoft default configured ip address (169.xxx.xxx.xxx), and dhcp renew just hangs.

Just a thought..... I have set my pc firewall to strict - it is an f-secure.... I guess that could be blocking the return packets from ping.... I'll have to check that tonight..... If I disconnect the internet I can turn off the firewall.

But still.... I don't see how the router could have a 192.168.1.1 ip address, if the pc gets an internet ip.....

Did you try setting your PC's IP address to 192.168.1.100 (Netmask 255.255.255.0 Gateway 192.168.1.1) and opening a browser window to 192.168.1.1 to see if you can get into your router?

Grumpy