Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> "aljuhani" <private.mailbox@gmail.com> hath wroth:
>
> >Well surprise surprise. when I changed "Link Speed / duplex mode",
> >under the NIC advanced tab, from "auto negotiation" to "10 Mbps / half
> >duplex" the network connection immediately established with firm
> >non-flashing port led on the router!.
>
> 1. NWAY negotiation between some devices is a problem. However, I
> haven't seen that problem on current hardware.
>
> 2. More common is a miswired ethernet cable with split pairs. It
> will test ok for continuity, and has the correct wire connections, but
> there is so much crosstalk between data pairs that full duplex fails
> to function.
>

Hello Jeff.

Thanks for your input.

The lan connection was only established at 10 Mbps and nothing above or
auto negotiation but finally I have managed to get the router working.

I had a feeling that the 3rd party firmware installed 8 months before
the problem is what causing all this so I decided to downgrade the
original firmware ver. (WAG54G_AnnexA_ETSI_v1.02.7_03_code.bin). Of
course the downgrading to said firmware was not possible thru the GUI
so I did the followings:

1. Plugged the router to my laptop at 10 Mbps connection after applying
hard-reset.

2. Downloaded tftp.exe from linksys ftp website:

ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network/tftp.exe

3. Started TFTP Client and entered the gateway value 192.168.1.1 for
server, admin for password, and selected the firmware 1.02.7 to upload.

It all went well as firmware installed successfully and router auto
rebooted. I then accessed my NICs options and changed the Link Speed
back to auto negotiation mode after which the port led where lan cable
is connected started blinking and connection established at 100 Mbps
with no problems.

I then reconfigured thru GUI my ADSL specifics and authenticated ok.

Thanks to all for the Help ...

-aljuhani