Hi all,

I've got a wrt54g v1.1 with the precompiled Kamikaze 7.09 firmware on it.  If I have the LAN side connected to my main network, it takes about 1 hour and 8 minutes from the time I plug in the power to boot completely.  Once the router boots (after an hour of waiting) everything seems fine.   During the hour-long wait, the power light flashes in kind of a three-beat pattern, although it's not very steady.  And the DMZ light is not on.

However, if I boot the router when it's not connected to anything, it will boot up fine in about 1 minute.  Same if I have it hooked to a stand-alone switch with only a laptop connected to the switch - 1 minute and the router is up and I can SSH in from the laptop.   Also, if I boot it disconnected, then connect it to the main network, it works fine.

I thought maybe it was a link-level problem with autonegotiation of 100 Mbit on my main network switch, so I hooked the router to the isolated switch (which the router works fine with), then hooked that switch to the main network and power-cycled.  Same problem - blink-blink-blink for an hour.

However, I did notice today that there is a rogue device somewhere on the main network that's using the 192.168.1.1 address (our normal IPs are in the 172.x.x.x net).  Could THAT be causing the problem?  Might the bootloader be freaking out when (or rather if?) it issues its first gratuitous ARP for 192.168.1.1 and gets a reply?  And if so, why is it taking sooooo long to get past that and start booting openwrt?

Any suggestions or advice are much appreciated.

Dave