Comments on: Resurrecting the dead

By: Syed

Syed — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:48:48 +0000

wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!wow i did it on

thanks

By: alok

alok — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:32:54 +0000

thank you so much for this post
worked like a charm

By: yaki

yaki — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:55:41 +0000

hey

10x for your reply….i’ve already replaced it

By: Rajib Ghosh

Rajib Ghosh — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:05:20 +0000

Hi Yaki,

If even the status light does not turn on, then I am afraid your router maybe burnt and you will need to replace it.

HTH

By: yaki

yaki — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:56:10 +0000

hi….i have the same problem as akey….i’ve done ur steps with no success …..in addition my status led doesnt light at all………the problem appeared after a fw update from 2.04 to 2.07 via cable

thank you

By: akey

akey — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:28:05 +0000

Hello can you help me please. I have the same router and facing the same situation. I followed your step but to no success. When I tried pinging the router, it replies :

ping 192.168.0.1

Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.0.11: Destination host unreachable.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:
packets: Sent = 4, Received = 1, Lost = 3 (75% loss)

This is the setting in ipconfig :
IPv4 Address : 192.168.0.11
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway : 192.168.0.1

Maybe there is something wrong in my step and I wish that you could give me any ideas on how to solve this.
Thanks in advance

By: Rajib Ghosh

Rajib Ghosh — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:34:55 +0000

If you can access the Router’s Configure Homepage, then in theory the router is working.

The wireless LAN may not be visible due to factors such as – it is turned off in configuration, the antenna is loose/broken, the wifi chip or associated capacitors are busted.
Have it checked by a computer repair shop.

By: Gopal Biswas

Gopal Biswas — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:33:32 +0000

Hi, Rajib it was a good tip, But My D-Link DI-524, H/W Ver. B4, F/W Ver. 2.03. I followed your steps but still my Wireless connection is not visible, the status indicator lights on the front of the router were glowing normally (Power:ON, Status: ON, WLAN:ON); the router’s wireless was undetectable. No amount of ‘Refresh’ in Windows ‘View Wireless Networks’. I can connect the computer using the wired lan and it is working fine. So, please tell me what i have to do.

By: Rajib Ghosh

Rajib Ghosh — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:29:43 +0000

Hi GTorres! It makes my day to receive your thanks! In many ways you were lucky enough to have bought the D-Link router. A couple of NetGear routers have crashed on me and I am still not able to revive them. Perhaps one day I will figure that out and post an article here.

By: gtorres

gtorres — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:41:36 +0000

God bless you my friend, you saved my day! My DI-524 crashed while a firmware update and it became completly dead. I followed your steps and it’s alive again!

Thank you very very very much!