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JNoom
Mar 13, 2022Initiate
RBR40 red flashing power light help!
Hi, Quite randomly today, my router (RBR40) stopped working. Its white ring is pulsing, and the power light is flashing red. The manual tells me this means there is a corrupted firmware update ...
- Mar 13, 2022
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/nmrpflash
JNoom
Mar 14, 2022Initiate
Amazing! I’m on Mac, but the link you sent from netgear included a Mac solution. All up and running and happy kids! Thanks!
plemans
Mar 14, 2022Guru - Experienced User
glad it fixed the issue!
A backup is always a good option in case you ever need to factory reset/reinstall again