Hi Tom - That would be most appreciated! Of course I would not hold you responsible, but I understand completely why you have to make that clear. I am truly grateful for your efforts in helping me try to salvage this switch. I have sent an email to the address in your contact info. - Charles ... View more

Hi Tom - Can you provide the names of the files I should delete? The only one I know of is CONFIG. Thanks! - Charles ... View more

Thanks Tom - Can you tell me how or point me to something that explains how to delete the flash files? I had actually been looking into how to do this, but it seems you have to enter the name of the file in order to delete it and the only info I could find was in reference to the CONFIG file. How would I go about deleting the boot and firmware files? I think that would be a good last try before finally calling it quits. - Charles ... View more

Hi Thomas - Do you have any other ideas before I dispose of the switch? Regardless, I want to thank you for taking the time to help and respond on a Sunday. Thanks again. - Charles ... View more

Hi Thomas - Well I tried reloading 1.2.2a and got the same results: ***** FATAL ERROR ***** Reporting Task: ROOT. Software Version: 1.2.2a (date  05-Apr-2007 time  15:35:50) Does this indicate a real hardware failure or is it software-related? Are you saying older versions are no longer available anywhere? Would it be worth trying an older version if I could get a hold of one? Just seems a shame to kick it to the curb if the problem is just a corrupt flash. - Charles ... View more

Actually, if I could reload v1.2.2a to start, that might be better. I did find a copy of that version, so I will try that first. If that doesn't fix it, is there anything else I could try? Maybe the 1.2.1a or 1.2.1b versions? If all else fails, would Cisco be able to repair this unit for me via RMA for a fee? Also, why aren't any older firmware versions available? Every link to every version I have tried to find ultimately redirects to Cisco's home page. Is there an archive of older firmware somewhere? Quite frustrating. Thanks again. ... View more

Hi Thomas and thank you for the quick reply! Unfortunately, I don't think this SRW224G4 (hardware version 00.03.00 / boot version 1.0.2) will allow me to update firmware to anything later than 1.2.1b. I have another SRW224G4 of the same "vintage" and if I remember correctly, they both had the same hardware/boot versions and I could not update either one to 1.2.3. When I looked into it, I believe I was told that the hardware was too old to update to the current version. I don't seem to have a copy of the 1.2.1b firmware anywhere. Do you happen to have a copy or a link to it? Thank you again! - Charles ... View more

OK it looks like I may be able to recover the switch if I can reload the boot file. Unfortunately the file I need is nowhere to be found anymore. Can someone please PM me if they are able to provide a copy of "runtop_boot-101.rfb"? It would be very much appreciated. Thanks! ... View more

I just tried updating the firmware in my SRW224G4 using the file "fesm-12216.ros" as indicated based on my bootloader version 1.0.0.06. Now it's stuck in a reboot loop. Here is the log from Hyperterminal starting from the update: Startup Menu [1]  Download Software [2]  Erase Flash File [3]  Password Recovery Procedure [4]  Enter Diagnostic Mode [5]  Set Terminal Baud-Rate [6]  Back Enter your choice or press 'ESC' to exit: Downloading code using XMODEM.           -- Download complete -- Calculating file's checksum...OK Erasing FLASH ->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Writing to flash 0x2e4180 records... Setting checksum: 0x1709abda , Address: 0x0 OK. Flash programming success. Perform WARM BOOT ... ------ Performing the Power-On Self Test (POST) ------ UART Channel Loopback Test........................PASS Testing the System SDRAM..........................PASS Boot1 Checksum Test...............................PASS Boot2 Checksum Test...............................PASS Flash Image Validation Test.......................PASS BOOT Software Version 1.0.0.06 Built  23-May-2005  16:58:25 ::: :::        ::: :::       ::: :::     :::::  :::::::::: :::      ::: :::::::::: :::        ::: :::::     ::: :::   :::::   ::::     ::: ::::  :::: ::::     ::: :::        ::: ::: :::   ::: ::::::::      ::::          ::::::::  :::: :::        ::: :::   ::  ::: ::::::::::     ::::::::::     ::::     :::::::::: :::        ::: :::    :::::: :::    ::::            :::    ::::             ::: :::::::::: ::: :::      :::: :::      :::: :::......:::    ::::    :::......::: ......... ... ...       ... ...       .... ..........     ....     .......... Linksys SmartSwitch based on 88E6218 with ARM946E-S. 32MByte SDRAM. I-Cache 8 KB. D-Cache 8 KB. Cache Enabled. Autoboot in 2 seconds - press RETURN or Esc. to abort and enter prom. Preparing to decompress... 100% Decompressing SW from flash 100% OK Running from RAM... ******************************************************************* *** Running  SW  Ver. 1.2.2a  Date  05-Apr-2007  Time  15:35:50 *** ******************************************************************* HW version is 00.00.02 Base Mac address is: 00:12:17:5d:08:d5 Dram size is  : 32M bytes Dram first block size is  : 16969K bytes Dram first PTR is  : 0xF6D840 Flash size is: 8M 01-Jan-2000 01:01:05 %CDB-I-LOADCONFIG: Loading startup configuration. 01-Jan-2000 01:01:08 %ERHG-F-SEND: BOXP_perform_smi_scan_of_devices_in_slot: inv alid device type is found: 268374443 on device 0 ***** FATAL ERROR ***** Reporting Task: ROOT. Software Version: 1.2.2a (date  05-Apr-2007 time  15:35:50) ************************************************** *****************  SYSTEM RESET  ***************** ************************************************** It just repeats this over and over. The unit is out of warranty. Can I do anything to get this switch back up and running? Should I try reloading the firmware again or updating the bootloader? Any help would be most appreciated! Thanks. ... View more