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SteveLivingston
Feb 18, 2022Guide
RBR50 won't reset or boot
Hi - my 2yrs 2 month old rbr50 seems to have died (which feels early for what was meant to be a premium bit of kit when I bought it). It was working fine with the only day 2 day issue being a Win10...
plemans
Feb 18, 2022Guru - Experienced User
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
SteveLivingston
Feb 18, 2022Guide
Thank you - that looks super helpful will try it tonight once the toddler is down to sleep.