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mhiyer
Tutor
Jul 30, 2021
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ORBI RBK53- satellite pulsing white....

    I have an 2-RBS50, and a RBR50.  All were running firmware V2.7.3.22.  Had a power outage in a storm yesterday that lasted all of 5-10 seconds.  Router and satellites rebooted, but one of the s...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Jul 30, 2021

Can you upload to 192.168.1.250 or access it's web page here? 

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mhiyer
Tutor
Jul 31, 2021

SUCCESS!!!

 

so first completely bricked it by pressing reset and holidng it, turing power off, then turned back on.  Power LED flashing red.  so retried again upload to 192.168.1.1.  Worked, and rebooted.  Kept flashing white.  unplugged ethernet and let it sit.  Suddenly, light turned blue.  Was able to reconnect to my old satellite and router w/ all the settings.  Followed the directions in :

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/How-to-unbrick-the-Nighthawk-R7000-using-OS-X-and-TFTP/td-p/1643943

 

Thanks for your help FURRYe38!