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For people who have the RT314 and have connected to the manager inteface via serial connection...

I messed up the configs of my router and cannot access my manaager interface from FTP. HTTP or Telnet. So now i went out and got a serial cable and proceeded to access the manager interface.

However, I got to the power cycle part and the router showed the RAM booting, and then it says press any key to enter the debug screen, and so i press a random key, but the thing just keeps going and doesn't enter the debug screen. then when it stops it says press ENTER to continu so i press enter and nothing happens.

So my questions are:

Is my router completely messed up beyond repair?
Is there somthing wrong with my Terminal Emualtion PRogram (I use HyperTerminal)?
Do I have the correct serial cable?

For those who have done the serial connection can you give me some advice, I desperately need this router back up...

There is a good netgear router forum at http://www.dslreports.com and may be another one at http://www.practicallynetworked.com.

You might find your answer there.

I've consoled into many things before. Some things to check are the type of cable you need and communication settings. I would think they would use a straight through serial cable but sometimes you need a null modem cable. If you bought a straight through and find you need a null modem you can buy a null modem converter that will plug in-line, it's always a good idea to have both. Most devices that you would console into use 9600, 8, N, 1 and no flow control. Hope this helps...

here is the king of RT314 support sites...

RT314 Support Site


good luck!

You should of bought a strait cable, not a crossed over one.
Run> telnet 192.168.0.1
enter password.