Four days ago my internet connection failed, and at the same time my printer stopped working. I wasn't smart enough to see the common denominator and figured that once again my ISP was at fault. When they didn't show up to fix the problem, I started investigating myself.

After a while, I realized that my router (a WRT54G2, the one with the internal antennae that looks like a flying saucer), wasn't routing anymore. This was confirmed when I plugged the Ethernet cable from my computer directly into the cable modem and instantly had my internet back. Further confirmation came when I tried to log into the router (192.168.1.1) and got the "Unable to connect..." message. Another possible indicator is that all the lights on the router are lit up except the power-on light.

I've rebooted the router several times, and pressed and held the reset button for about 20 seconds, nothing works.

Is my router truly dead, or have I missed some simple trick that would revive it?

I have a never-been-used WRT54GL router still in its original box that I bought some years ago in anticipation of this eventuality. I have every configuration setting of the WRT54G2 router saved as a series of 24 screen shots. Are there any "gotchas" I should look out for when I try to swap out my old WRT54G2 for the new WRT54GL?

tanstaafl.