OK, that is good. Ed may not be dead after all. Unfortunately, networking issues get over my head pretty quickly. It might be worth trying a cross-over cable though if you can find or build one. If you have a different computer, you could try that as well to see if it will communicate with the ED long enough to get you tested. You don't have to install any software yet, just hook the Ed up to the other computer and see if the lights come on. If they do, you might try using that computer to test your setup out. Also, if the computer you have been using has wireless, you might try disabling that and waiting a minute or so and then plug the ED into it again. It might be sending all traffic out the wireless connection instead of the port. That change should cause it to send all the traffic out the port instead and might help. Won't hurt anything anyway.