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joshhb
Oct 23, 2020Follower
Factory reset button is not functioning
I'm having an issue with my RBR50 Orbi router. I'm not sure if the router is bricked at this point, neither the Ethernet or Internet ports are responding so I can not trying and manually update the f...
FURRYe38
Oct 23, 2020Guru - Experienced User
You can try this:
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
Need to press the reset button for 30 seconds then release, then it send to PUT the command and upload the FW.
I had a problem on a Windows 10 PC where this didn't work to use TFTP, so I switched to a WIndows 7 PC and the TFTP worked.