One port on Linksys router died

[bungrider]

Hey all,

One of the 4 ports on my Linksys BEFSR41 router (the one popular at best buy and places like that) mysteriously died. Anything I plug into it gets no internet, while the other 3 ports work fine all the time.

Did I accidentally hit a wrong setting, or is it a hardware problem (do these routers conk after a while? i think this one is about 2 years old).

Thanks!
-b

 

[corvus]

I did the same thing a long time ago during a firmware upgrade. Port has been locked up ever since and no amount of resetting fixed it. No problems though, still got three others.

 

[bungrider]

ahh...OK

maybe i should install new firmware and see if i can get it to reset that port....

i don't seem to recall ever modifying or installing firmware before....

maybe i should contact linksys or do a net search...i'll post if i can get anywhere

thx corvus,

 

[Tech Analysis]

Go into the settings page at http://192.168.1.1 (password is "admin") and see if an IP filter is on. Sounds like it, if only 1 port is bad.

 

[bungrider]

i actually already looked for that, but will try again just in case...

thx,

 

[ArchAngel]

Could easily be a HW failure on that port. Happens sometimes.