I have been having this issue with the hardware and firmware which i can replicate easily
Description with 2.4 kernel:
After flashing the router and while in full default settings i change the lan ip to something like: ip: 10.0.0.20 and netmask: 255.255.0.0
Using luci:
After reboot the router fails to assign an ip to a computer. Other times it the dhcp works giving the computer an ip like 10.0.0.113 but the router cannot be pinged, telneted or accessed with luci.
Using cli:
uci set network.lan.ipaddr=10.0.0.20; uci set network.lan.netmask=255.255.0.0; uci commit network; reboot
The result is the same. After reboot the router fails to assign an ip to a computer. Other times it the dhcp works giving the computer an ip like 10.0.0.113 but the router cannot be pinged, telneted or accessed with luci.
Description with 2.4 kernel:
Right after installing it; i decided to turn on the wireless using luci.
Result :
Same as with kernel 2.4. After reboot the router fails to assign an ip to a computer. Other times it the dhcp works giving the computer an ip like 10.0.0.113 but the router cannot be pinged, telneted or accessed with luci.
Differences from 2.4 and 2.6:
I was able to turn on the wireless with 2.4 and access it after.
Troubleshooting:
I used windows xp sp3; gentoo linux & backtrack linux.
All times i was unable to connect i had to go on recover mode. In all tests i rebooted the operating systems and router.
All firmware builds are official from : http://downloads.openwrt.org/backfire/10.03.1-rc5/
My question:
Anyone else has had the same or similar problem with Asus WL500 GP v2 ? Initially i thought this was GUI related or network only related.