Lost ability to reach Web-based utility for WRT610N

Question

Until recently (not sure exactly when), on my Windows XP system I used to be able to reach the Advanced Setup page for my WRT610N gateway router by pointing a browser to 192.168.1.1. No more: both Firefox and IE say "Waiting..." until they time out. Everything else seems to work fine; I can access the Internet and do whatever else I use the router for, no problem, I just can't reach that setup page. I updated the Linksys LELA utility the other day, but I don't think that would block the IP address from the browser. The lights on the front panel are OK, and Ping looks good:
>ping 192.168.1.1
Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
  ...and so forth...
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
 I don't have a second computer, and factory reset is a last-ditch plan. Would like to diagnose the problem if possible; firmware, maybe? I did a firmware ugrade last November, but I'm sure I accessed the web setup since then.
This might be useful info; the router manual says that instead of entering the IP number, you can type in http://wrt160n.com to reach the setup page, but instead that address (and wrt610n.com) take me to external Web addresses, while 192.168.1.1 just hangs. I wonder what is the mechanism to trap the numerical and the alpha addresses and direct requests to the router advanced setup? That seems to be where the fault lies, I'm guessing.
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Answer 1

Are you trying to access the web utility from a wired and not a wireless computer?  Wired is the best way to access, and sometimes is the only way by default.
You didn't mention whether you performed a soft reset of the router or not.  That normally fixes the problem for me.
It might be worth it to borrow a laptop and wire it to the router to further narrow down the problem.