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Orbi RBR40 won't boot after firmware upgrade
I recently upgraded the firmware on my Orbi RBR40 mesh router. The initial reboot after the firmware was installed was successful and everything was fine for a few days. The router was then power cyc...
hmmm. A poster recently asked if it was possible to load the "stock" Netgear firmware into an Orbi that was provided by his ISP and was not being updated to the latest firmware. Since Orbi is based on OpenWRT, (1) how likely is it that this TFTP mechanism works on Orbi as it does on the rest of Netgear's router, and (b) might this be a solution to that poster's problem?
CrimpOn wrote:hmmm. A poster recently asked if it was possible to load the "stock" Netgear firmware into an Orbi that was provided by his ISP and was not being updated to the latest firmware. Since Orbi is based on OpenWRT, (1) how likely is it that this TFTP mechanism works on Orbi as it does on the rest of Netgear's router, and (b) might this be a solution to that poster's problem?
If the orbi was provided by the isp and has the integrated modem, then the ISP controls the firmware. Same as a combo device. I think trying to load the stock firmware from a regular rbr40 would brick it.
The poster lists the device as the RBR40 which the tftp procedure works for. I've used it when I was testing an RBR40.
Thanks for the tip on the tftp reload procedure. I'll give that a try this morning and update the thread with the results.