Bad bios upgrade on SMC Barricade Router...

[Hork]

I tried flashing the bios on an SMC Barricade SMC7004BR and although it said it was successful, now I can't access the router at all via the web configuration page.

Is there a way to reset and/or reflash this thing, or am I screwed?

Hork

 

[Hork]

Okay... some more info.

I've tried shorting pins 3 and 8 on the com port on the back of this thing to reset it, but it doesn't seem to be working. The M1 light should flash several times quickly and then return to the steady once-per-second blinking. Instead, after I start it up with M1 shorted, it flashes quickly a few times, then starts flashing really, really quickly and doesn't stop. I've also tried shorting pins 4 and 8 and it didn't help.

If I turn it off and then turn it on again, and then plug it into my laptop... the laptop detects a 100MB/s LAN connection, but I can't access the router at the default address via either ping, http, or ftp. Running the firmware upgrade again doesn't detect any router attached to the laptop.

Is there any way to figure out what address the device is currently set to? Or do I just need to send this thing back?

 

[Abzstrak]

With a bad flash, its sorta a crap shoot... sounds to me like your screwed... is that com port for a modem? or is it a console port?

 

[mboy]

Can u still access the network or the net?
If so, do an ipconfig /all and see what your default gateway is, then put that in your browser and see if you can get to the admin page.

 

[Hork]

It's a com port for a modem.