(OT) Router with DD-WRT Fails on Reboot

[Mark Phillips]

Thanks for the suggestions. I finally just did a hard reset to factory
settings and reconfigured the router again. So far, no issues rebooting.

Mark


On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:

> You might have to try a "Hard" reset back to default setup and then
> reconfigure what you need.  Do a web search for "ASUS RT-N16 hard reset" to
> find instructions.  But here are some questions for you too:
>
> Are you using a wired ethernet connection to the router?  If something
> changed, a wireless connection might fail.
>

Wired

>
> Is your computer getting an IP address from the router via DHCP?  Has your
> IP changed as in maybe you accidentally changed the router's address and
> DHCP range.
>

Fixed IP

>
> Are you normally addressing the router by IP or by name?
>

IP.

>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz
> > wrote:
>
>> My ASUS RT-N16 running DD-WRT router has been working great since April.
>> I made two changes this morning and then rebooted the router. It did not
>> come back. The web page will not load, and I cannot even ping the router
>> (no route to host). The changes were:
>>
>> 1. Enabled USB support for an external hard drive
>> 2. Enabled SSHd with a public key
>>
>> I have rebooted the router in the past (ie before I made these changes)
>> and the router always came back.
>>
>> I then removed power from the router for a minute and reconnected power,
>> and it still does not respond to pings or web page access. I also tried
>> connecting the USB drive, thinking it might need the drive to mount, and
>> still no joy.
>>
>> Short of wiping out all my settings, is there a way to get back into the
>> router and remove these changes? And how do I find out the cause of the
>> problem?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark
>>
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