help!! my router is in poor health

[robin801]

i have the linksys befsr41 router with the latest firmware upgrade.

the port that has the number 1 i am not able to use.

i have a system plugged into port 2,3, and 4.

nothing plugged into the upload.

it's not the cat5 cable because it is working in the second port.

i did change to another cable just to make sure and still nothing from the first port.

i did have a ftp server up and running but i don't have that system anymore.

i went and changed everything back to the way it was before i set up the server.

any ideas to what the problem could be?

[a Bill]

Have you already tried resetting the defaults? It's possible something didn't do what you told it to but shows up saying it did it (if that makes any sense :))

If the port still refuses to respond it's possible that the port has failed. Dead ports are a reality :( Did you try putting the cable from port 2 into port 1 and see if the computer from port 2 can still see the world?

[robin801]

i tried resetting the defaults and switching the cables.

i have had it for about 2 years.

i wonder if the warranty is still good?

i'll check the website and see.

thanks for the help.

[ZENYO]

Hi Robin... I know you said that you are not using the up-link but every thing that I have seen regarding this issue is that the uplink and port 1 are shared. So... If you use the uplink port 1 becomes disabled.

Here's my google search.
http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=linksys+befsr41+-+port+1+disabled

Hope it helps.