I just bought a new RBK53 for my son and had Amazon deliver it to his house (clear across the United States). I came on a visit to replace his old Nighthawk with the Orbi, and one of the two satellites the Power LED is flashing red. According to the web site, this means "the firmware is corrupted." I tried the paperclip. Failed. Am I correct that the only solution is to box up the whole thing and return it to Amazon?

You might try to see if you can get FW loaded via the TFTP method on the RBS:https://kb.netgear.com/000059633/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-TFTP-client IF this fails, send back to Amazon. :smileyfrustrated:

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FURRYe38
Guru
Aug 08, 2019
You might try to see if you can get FW loaded via the TFTP method on the RBS:
https://kb.netgear.com/000059633/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-TFTP-client

IF this fails, send back to Amazon. :smileyfrustrated:
- CrimpOn
  Guru
  Aug 08, 2019
  Bless You, it worked! Naturally, I had brought my lightest laptop running Linux. Back to the command line to load and run tftp client. I gave this less than a 1% chance, and the satellite updated to 2.3.5.30 and connected automatically!
  - FURRYe38
    Guru
    Aug 08, 2019
    Awesome. Glad it worked.
    
    Enjoy. :smileywink:

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