Yet again, I suck at routers.

[jimeh]

NtL fucked me over again.
Last night it just decided to drop, and ive spent the last 5 hours talking to some twat about how to reset a set top box.
I finally get it working on a wired connection thinking it's all hunk dory and I go upstairs to check if it works on my wireless connection.
No. It tells me it aint doin nothin.
So I check the connectivity on the wireless biotch and it tells me that it's connected to the router but it can't find the internet. Bullshite I tell ye, it's all there!

I then tried to connect to the local IP address (192.168.11.1 (http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/8569/dsaasdsr6.jpg) fyi) for the shit ole router, and whoopedy doo! The firmware has dissaperated.

I've also lost the disk for said firmware.

Buffalo tells me that this (http://www.buffalotech.com/downloads/WYR_Firmware.zip) is the firmware.
How do I open it? That is my question :)

p.s. any other info about the other shite I wrote would be helpful too, Iam a right nabber :(

[sirch]

The first dissapointed Buffalo user I have heard of.

Should just download it and install if its picking up the router. If not you may need to run a Network cable from your computer to the router to reinstall the firmware.

[The Grim Reaper]

Out of interest here, but how do you reload firmware when theres no firmware on the device to receive the firmware and load it on?

[jimeh]

Thats my exact problem Reaper.

[wyrd_fish]

if you've reset it any changes you've made will disappear

so remove any WEP keys etc. and make sure 192.168.11.1 is the default IP addr
some likely alternatives include 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.0.1

[Flipcaveman12]

Some routers have a tool available that allows you to restore curropt firmware. In know mine does (but it ain't a buffy). It would be best to phone them again and see how they get round this problem. I bet there was some kind of tool on the cd for it.

[jimeh]

I don't have access to any of those tools Flipcaveman as I don't have the CD that came with the router.
The website also has nout on it :(
I honestly think I'm stuck unless I find that CD but I hear buffalo give replacement ones at a high price.

Problem solved, disk found, hooray for hard work and effort.

[Flipcaveman12]

I know you didn't have the cd, thats why i phrased it in the past tense.

[jimeh]

Buffalo suck at customer support anyway, so I wouldnt have even bothered.
I'm gonna get a new router soon, this one sucks genitals :(

[Davies]

Can you not try making a direct connection to your router? Presumebly you should be able to transfer this firmware that way.

[piemastermike]

Problem solved, disk found, hooray for hard work and effort.
thread ends here.