Ok, I guess that could be worse. Let's just hope that's the only thing that's wrong with it, I guess. And I just confirmed the router's bootloader doesn't output anything on the serial interface, so I can't use the serial interface at all. I'm going to have to use the JTAG interface. I think I'll get an ft232h for this, unless anybody on this forum cares to make any recommendations for JTAG interface hardware.
Anyway, looks like nothing's going to happen until after the JTAG hardware arrives. And if you or anybody else is successful in interfacing via JTAG, I'd definitely like to know.