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ORBI RBR50 - Impossible to reset after power failure
Hi, After a power failure at home, I lost the access to my orbi router. I reboot both equipments the one after the other as described in ORBI documentation, connect with an ethernet cable to my ...
Try both Windows TFTP or the downloadable TFTP program:
https://kb.netgear.com/000059633/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-TFTP-client
Thanks for your reply. That's what I did last time it happened (not the first time actually).
But this time my computer do not even recognize there is an Ethernet cable plugged in my Orbit :)
Try this method:
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.
Profax wrote:Thanks for your reply. That's what I did last time it happened (not the first time actually).
But this time my computer do not even recognize there is an Ethernet cable plugged in my Orbit :)