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RBR 40 cannot factory reset
My RBR 40 router jammed yesterday and factory reset does not work. I have tried two ways to do reset, via factory reset button on back of router or try logging in via Orbilogin.net, neither methods w...
No I am not able to log on the router so cannot press Reset button and cannot reset with a needle on the back of the box. Looks like I am stuck with a router that is not working and unable to reset.
So you can't press the reset button at all or pressing the reset button doesn't reset the RBR?
Retired_Member wrote:No I am not able to log on the router so cannot press Reset button and cannot reset with a needle on the back of the box. Looks like I am stuck with a router that is not working and unable to reset.
No, if I press factory reset button and hold for minutes, the light does not start blinking amber. The light next to power button stays green. If I try logging on orbilogin.net or orbilogin.com or 192.168.1.1 connecting my computer via ethernet, I can also not find the router. I had to throw the system in trash. I wanted to buy a mesh wifi, but I got a dog that needs too much tlc for what I have time for.
Max time to press the reset button is no more than 15 seconds.
IF this fails then the RBR is probably bad and needs to be replaced:
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.
Try nmrpflash?
I've had luck with that when tftp didn't work
https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash