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Thread: LAN leds keep flashing

  1. #1

    Exclamation LAN leds keep flashing

    Hi.
    My Setup:
    I have asus wl-500gP configured in Acces point mode (all ethernet ports are in the vlan0 and vlan0 and wifi(eth1) are bridged to br0). WL500gP is connected to aDSL router (using crossover UTP-5 cable).
    My problem:
    As soon as I connect wl500 to aDSL router (ie. as soon as I plug UTP cable into one of wl500's ethernet ports), the port LED starts flashing and keeps flashing until I unplug the cable. Any data transfer is unavailable in this state (I cannost ping the wl500 from router, etc.). Although If I connect computer to the wl500, data transfer between computer and wl500 works fine (I can browse wl500's web interface, ping it, telnet to it).
    I have tried reseting settings. I have tried original ASUS firmware, oleg firmware and openwrt - always with the same result.
    Wireshark shows only spanning tree updates comming from the wl500.
    This problem occured about a month after installing openwrt kamikaze on the wl500.

    If anybody has any hint, please reply.

  2. #2
    hi,

    have you tried a normal utp-5 cable instead of an crossover?

    normally crossover cables are only use in 'direct' connections like
    pc <-> pc
    broadbandmodem<-> pc
    (and there are other situations in which crossover cables can be used)

    some devices don't like it when they are connected with crossover cables.

  3. #3
    Hi raas,
    thanks for your reply.

    I have tried both straight and crossover cables, but problem persists.
    In fact, the crossover cable has been used to connect two switches, so there shouldn't be problem.
    The problem I described only appears when I connect wl500 (LAN) to another switch. If I connect my pc or laptop to the wl500 (LAN), everything works just fine.

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