Hi,
after some toying around with a WRT54GS v1.1 and whiterussian rc3, I managed to mess up the nvram configs (apparently trying to turn it into a 5-port switch that connects to the internet through wlan by bridging all available interfaces isn't a good idea), and decided to "mtd erase nvram".

As a result, the whole device is inoperable now - it doesn't respond on 192.168.1.1 and not on its previous address, not even at bootup (guess mtd erase nvram turns off boot_wait too - doh).

Is there any way to recover this box?

did you try to hold the reset-button while powering up for the first 30 seconds? That should reset the nvram values on a WRT54GS rev.1.1

Just tried -- doesn't change anything.

unplug power cable.
open it and make contact between pin 5&6 of intel memory chip.

see http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Tro … ng#head-62 Shorting Pins Method

power on with contact between 5&6 during 1 or 2 sec.
It will wait on 192.168.1.1 for tftp.

be carreful
it works very often for me ;-)

Tried it -- doesn't work either (but apparently it didn't brick the router even more than it used to be -- the LEDs still behave as they would normally, just no reaction whatsoever on 192.168.1.1

See http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=580&p=5