dir-655 (OF COURSE!!!!) rev a3 fw: 1.35na
I have no idea what transpired prior to this issue occurring as this router was given to me (I think I know why! lol) - anyhow, here goes:
No wired port will serve (LAN) or request (WAN) dhcp nor communicate with the network; it's almost as though the ports are VLAN'd from LAN config on router as static-assigned ip's on same subnet as router plugged into LAN ports will not communicate with router (i.e. attempting to ping router IP or browsing to admin interface) - funny part is that wireless clients have no issue receiving dhcp ip assignments and communicating with router's admin interface. this is an isolated network, no other device is serving dhcp.
the switch functionality is working in the sense that I can static ip's on 2 pc's wired into the LAN ports and they can communicate fine, just not with the router's ip range. connected to another network, these pc's are able to receive dhcp perfectly fine.
so... here's a head-scratcher... was thinking my next step may be to re-apply 1.35fw but wanted to bounce it off the kind folks here first.
thanks in advance...
t0