[mythtv-users] OT: Router/net connection issues

[Bobby Gill]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Mike Perkins
<mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk>wrote:

> Bobby Gill wrote:
>
>> Yesterday, my sites stopped loading in Firefox all of a sudden, and I
>> whipped out the shell to do a quick ping google.ca, which didn't respond.
>> I
>> tried opening up my Linksys CP in FF @ 192.168.1.1, but it timed out as
>> well. However, my SSH connection to my mythbox/server was running fine. I
>> was in a big hurry at the moment so without looking into the issue I ran
>> down to the basement and power cycled the router (not the best idea
>> perhaps,
>> but again, was in a hurry).
>>
>> It just happened again now. I am wondering what this could be and what I
>> should look for if/when it happens again, as it's becoming pretty
>> irritating. It's not my cable modem, it is running fine and there have
>> been
>> no outages in my area. It must be the router, but I don't know enough
>> about
>> them to see what it could be and/or how to fix.
>>
>> I'm running a Linksys WRT54GS with the most recent firmware (Firmware
>> Version: v1.52.5), and I have my mythbox (BE/server) and desktop/FE.
>>
>> Figured I'd ask my mythlist brethren of knowledgeable folk :)
>>
>>  Sorry, in a hurry, no time to check, but there's a virus/worm/whatever
> around which attacks routers *like yours*. It locks you out of adminning
> your box then turns it into a bot. Nuke it and rebuild, and make sure you
> give it a strong enough password.
>
> --
>
> Mike Perkins
>
>
Well I'll be, how do I "nuke and rebuild" the router? You mean do a reset on
it and change password for the admin??
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