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I bought an used router from a friend, it seem bricked, is there something I could do to make it work ???

I'm using Archlinux, network-manager don't seem to connect to it ...

Linksys WRT300N (Cisco) [pre-N]

What make me assume that it may be bricked : The power led is semi lit, all others are lit but wireless and security leds aren't lit ...

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Have you tried other things besides connecting to it via network manager? It might not be truly bricked. – ultrasawblade Dec 9 '11 at 0:12
I don't know how to connect to it by the command line, do you know how ? – zillion Dec 9 '11 at 0:13
Be good to the environment. Recycle. – surfasb Dec 9 '11 at 12:04
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Well, pretty much the solution to try is to find the jtag port, make a jtag cable connecting a router to a parallel , and use that to debrick the system. You will also need the software from here.

The software is windows only, and you'll need a system with a serial port (probably a desktop) to fix this.

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Maybe the only way but the router seem like new, peoples in my town are noobs, I don't think it could be bricked but never say never ... – zillion Dec 9 '11 at 0:30
You might also want to try a wired connection. Without knowing what was done to the system, its hard to tell – Journeyman Geek Dec 9 '11 at 0:43
What do you think I'm trying, I don't ask to configurate it by wifi, it don't connect to the router so I can't use 192.168.1.1 ... – zillion Dec 9 '11 at 7:56
it may not be 192.168.1.1 - i've seen 192.168.0.1 and .0.254 as router addresses. I don't have much information to go on from the question, but thats something i'd try too – Journeyman Geek Dec 9 '11 at 8:11
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Maybe the hard reset button should work? Nearly every router/switch I came across had it... (press it for 15+ seconds when it's powered on, Edimaxes have even 30s timeout).

EDIT:

http://compnetworking.about.com/b/2009/03/11/the-30-30-30-hard-reset-rule-for-routers.htm

After a long period absolutely “dead” my WRT300N is back to activitie. Thank you so much !!! Regards, M@Rio

But since you said you've tried it and it didn't... I will leave it here for other people with this problem.

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Tried the 30/30/30 hard reset, the led should have blinked or something, right ? – zillion Dec 9 '11 at 0:29
I just googled and found seoroot.com/blog/networking/wrt300n-and-wpc300n-faqs.html, where they say 30s press should be enough. Don't know about blinking, every manufacturer signalizes it differently. @JourneymanGeek 's answer looks more appropriate, mine is just a guess :) – NoICE Dec 9 '11 at 0:41
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