Meat Plow Inscribed thus:

On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:21:57 +0000, Baron wrote:

Meat Plow Inscribed thus:

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.


My bad ! :-(
I forget that here in the UK the router normally connects directly to
the phone line and over there the modem is often a separate device.
Sorry !

Although the protection circuitry behind the socket is still worth
checking.

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Best Regards:
Baron.