SRR60: No LED lights; router does not repond when connected to a computer

I downloaded, installed and ran the TFTP software and followed all the steps up until #10: "10.  Wait for the Power LED to light orange and start flashing."  But the Power LED on my router has never been anything but green.  It's green as soon as I plug in the router (or turn it on with the power button, and I've done everything from a quick press of the reset button (with a straightened paper clip) to holding in the reset button for 90 seconds.  The power LED has never been any color other than solid green.  I tried hitting the PUT button with the power LED green, but as far as I can tell, no data was transferred, and I waited 30 minutes the second time.

One other question:  the directions say to connect the router directly to my computer using an ethernet cable, but it does not say whether the cable goes into the "network" port on the router or into one of the LAN ports.  For what it's worth, I tried both ways and, as I said, never saw any indication that data was transferred.