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I've been on holiday, when I got back the router was not working

The blue power light is on constantly, but i cannot see any wireless or get into the admin UI
I've tried cabling direct to it, and it just says "ethernet cable unplugged" in win 7 / "media disconnected" in IPConfig

I fear a lightning strike messed up the router

i've tried holding the recessed black reset button, and plugging in the power
the power light goes off, and then comes back on again but doesn't flash (the wifi light breifly comes on but then goes off)
if i hold the red button, it flashes quickly and when i release, the power light just comes back on

do i have any recovery options or is it time for the bin?

There are a bunch of postings on this "bricked router" scenario, but basically you put the router into a tftp mode by holding down the button on start, have a ping going to the 192.168.1.1 address, when you see it respond with 100ms responses PUT the original asus fw file via tftp to the 192.168.1.1 address. It may take a couple tries but it usually will work if your patient, and get the file write to start as soon as you see the ping response. The only other way is a jtag fix of which I have not had to try yet.
Wait a while after you get a good write response, it takes about 3 minutes until the light for the wireless comes on, once you see that it's probably good to go, and will accept a Tomato AIO build if you rename the file extension from .trx to .bin — Good luck —

Thanks
Do you mean recovery mode where the power led blinks slowly?
If so I can't get this to work

I tried searching g but can't find anything close to my scenario, and they all talk about recovery mode and I cannot get mine into that

Jtag looks intense!

Check the PSU brick 12v 1.25A I recall

Thanks
Before I try and hunt for one., there is power to the router…. Should I still try a new psu?

if the ethernet ports don't work, you can not even begin to think about flashing new firmware, obviously. You may be able to access the router by using the internal serial ports or jtag.

If you had a lightning strike I would expect only the connected ethernet port to be damaged, but that's not always true.

I still think worth a try with another 12V psu its a pretty standard connection and there was discussion in early days questioning whether better PSUs work better, so 1.25A may be marginal. You can't test a psu without proper equipment, its the stability of voltage under load that's important. I've gone through 3 PSUs on my Linksys nslu2, currently back on first with replacement internal capacitors!