On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:23:15 +0000 (UTC), Meat Plow
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On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:21:57 +0000, Baron wrote:

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On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:41:29 +0000, root wrote:

The router doesn't see the WAN connection. Is there any hope that it
is fixable?

Unfortunately that is quite a common problem. Often spikes on the
incoming line kill the circuit. You may find if your lucky that the
voltage arrester just behind the WAN socket is SC. Otherwise its just
usable as switch.

What's your source for the common problem? The WAN connection usually
ends up on the Ethernet connection of a DSL or Cable modem which itself
should be protected. This can be verified by attaching the PC directly to
the WAN connection and trying to ping the modem's default IP address for
HTTP port configuration or trying to go to the modem config page at that
address.

It happens. To me it was a nearby lightning strike that took out a
bunch of stuff. Didn't phase the DSL modem, but blew the Cisco
firewall and a switch behind it. Switches further down the stream were
untouched as well.