So, to clarify, you had DD-WRT on your router previously, tried the tutorial to return it to the NG factory firmware, and now you can't ping it?
If all that is correct, have you tried a 30-30-30 reset? That would be the first thing I would try.
http://www.myopenrouter.com/article/18623/How-to-Hard-Reset-Your-NETGEAR-WNR3500
All in all, though, if you're going to be installing/changing firmwares, a serial cable is truly indispensable.
I followed this howto:
http://www.myopenrouter.com/article/16099/How-To-Reflash-Factory-Firmware-on-the-NETGEAR-WRN3500L-Without-A-Serial-Cable/
and now cannot ping my router.
What can I do now before buying a serial cable?
October 3, 2010 11:02 PM
October 4, 2010 3:08 AM
Before I got a JTAG Adapter I used the short pin method which, see my comment here:
http://www.myopenrouter.com/forum/thread/21535/Can-t-restore-stock-firmware-w...

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