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cortex
Jan 11, 2021Aspirant
RBR50 spontaneously bricked itself this morning - factory reset has no effect - what are my options?
I woke up to find I had no wifi and no internet. My two satellites had solid magenta rings. The router had power but no illuminated ring. I I tried to connect directly to the router via ethernet I co...
FURRYe38
Jan 11, 2021Guru - Experienced User
Try this:
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.
alokeprasad
Jan 11, 2021Mentor
FURRYe38 wrote:Try this:
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.
Where and what are steps 1 though 5 in that document?
Seems like NG is leaving out some important steps, like how to prepare the router for the TFTP connection...