I have been trying to perform password recovery on a ws-6504-e switch/router.  I followed the quide to change the confreg and perform ctrl-break after the boot process shows that it has switched to the RP.  I am unable to determine...

My router is set up as a gateway.  I was using dhcp and am now set up as static ip's.  After being connected to my internet (PPPoE) for about an hour (usually less), the router stops passing internet traffic and fails to respond to access requests to...