I had stock fw and just woke up this morning and the internet didn't work then i noticed the power light blinking on the router. Everywhere i look online says this happens when a firmware update fails but I haven't tried to upgrade the firmware. I might look into that dd wrt I really do not understand how to get it on to a bricked router. places just say you have to tftp it to the router. I tried that with the stock fw and it didn't work. I need to find a place with clear instructions that are easy to understand most just talked about how to do it in win98, 2000, and xp but not 7