[tekman54190]

Ok thanks for your reply

I'll try tomorrow and I keep you in touch.

[cybermiguel]

Hey guys. I have the same problem. The power went off in my house while I was flashing my DIR-300. Result? it only turns on the "power" light and it doesn't recognise any of the ethernet ports, so I can't get to redboot.

Now, I've been reading about a parallel (LPT-1 kind of things) adapter and read that it works well. The thing is...well... I have a built-in serial port on my motherboard (the kind that has 9 pins) and appears as COM1 on Windows and have a LPT port as well.

Which one should I use?

Can I use the RS-232 port (the COM1) with a direct connection to the router? Do I have to make an adapter?

[palmboy5]

You will need an adapter from the RS-232 COM port to the router. The circuitry for that adapter can be found here:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/LaFonera_Hardware_Serial-Cable-Port#Very_simple_console_adapter

[oxyg3n]

[Domino_55]

[webudo]

I'm trying to recover my DIR-300 after making a mistake while trying to reflash. I can't access it via ethernet, so I'm using a siemens mobile serial data cable which has a MAX3232 on it, and I'm able to read the initial booting text over Putty, but when I get to the part that says to press Ctrl+C, it just ignores it.
After that pause (1 seccond duration) it comes the "redboot>" prompt, but nothing I press on my keyboard seems to be going through :(

Am I doing something wrong?
Any ideas?

Thanks!

[vinceapp]

Please refer the Schematic from here:
http://sodoityourself.com/max232-serial-level-converter/

I can access my DIR-300 via this serial converter using puttytel. (9600,n,8,1)

[webudo]

Thanks vinceapp!
Mi brother made the circuit for me and I was able to access the router via serial
Now it works again!

Cheers!