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Exactly. The nic seems fine. Running "ftp 127.0.0.1" returns "Unkown error number". Which if it was a winsock error or some other software problem, should have given me a known error code.

Pinging out to google.com without the router gives a good list of hops. With the router, it just gives a "can not find host" error. If the router was on default (as it should be after being fully reset I don't know how many times) it should just pass the data back and forth no problem. I've done quick 10 second resets, full minute resets, reset then pulled power, pulled power while the reset button was pressed, and reset and had the WRT do it's quick set-up deal. Tested access after each one of these. Nothing either give me internet conectivity, or found the login for the control panel at 192.168.1.1.

It's almost as if there was a bad firmware flash, but I've never done one to this router. If I can find a way to force feed the thing new firmware without needing the control panel, I'll try it.