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Netgear Orbi won't factory reset...
I was doing some experiments with the vlan settings on my Orbi Router. It reached a point where the web interface wouldn't load anymore, leaving me no choice but to factory reset.
The problem is: it won't reset. I can't even begin to tell you how many times I have held the reset button for 10 seconds to trigger the flashing amber. All that does is turn the router off, no white flashing or pulsing lights whatsoever. When I power off and on, there is no setup wizard appearing on 192.168.1.1. It just does it's usual pulsing white boot cycle for about a minute until the light goes solid pink.
I am honestly extremely frustrated by this. This is far from the first time this router has given me problems. I don't understand how simply playing around with vlan settings can somehow trigger this router to effectively be permanently bricked. Is there any way to fix it?
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Push and hold reset for up to 30 seconds.
Are you able to ping the router after its going through its bootup?
Something might have gotten corrupted in the firmware.
If the reset doesn't help, you could try recovering it.
You can try recoving it with tftp or nmrpflash.
are you on windows? if so, follow this guide
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
just make sure you enable tftp
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10
and here's a video walk through using a tftp client. Use the built in one for windows 10 though. the video is more of an example of how its done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DLrLQrpaw
and if that doesn't work, you can try using nmrpflash
https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflashI did the tftp process, but it did nothing. I got the "Transfer successful: 46663809 bytes in 26 second(s), 1794761 bytes/s" for the latest Orbi firmware, but I still have the same problem I had before: a solid pink light and no web UI.
I don't understand nmrpflash. I double click the .exe, it lists a bunch of options in a terminal window then says "press any key to exit". The github page does not provide instructions, the first step is
# nmrpflash -L
Which is pointless because pressing any key closes the cmd window.
A couple things.
1. a screen snip of the cmd page is more helpful
2. do you mean the ring is amber? pink isn't a led light.
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