Never mind guys, got it figured out. Don't know why I did not think of this last year? I placed a switch between the router and the PC. Hooked the e682 into the switch and ran the flash program, worked like a charm. :yeah:
I'm having no luck trying to get my newly-built E6804 to update the firmware, and I've got a setup like yours: PC connected to router, a network switch connected to router, E6804 connected to switch. Fire up the fwloader program, it sees the eeprom file, hit Update Firmware on the E6804 webpage and it doesn't update...I just keep getting Timed Out alerts after waiting 2-3 minutes for the update to happen. I've sent Jim an email but this is frustrating.
You're right - I missed that critical detail of having a switch between router and PC.
Dug through my old electronics boxes from when I built my E682s and found my Parallax Propeller USB device, and quickly downloaded the Parallax software. It took 1st try!