RBR50/RBS50 - bricked?

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Hello all,Just seeing if anyone has any further ideas on how I might progress with my reflash of an RBR50 to an RBS50.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I faithfully followed the instructions here:https://eve.gd/2021/07/28/mesh-on-a-budget-converting-rbr50-to-rbs50-units-and-using-lbr20-for-4g-fallback/&nbsp;Unfortunately, the router after accepting the .img file does not operate as intended - i.e. no web interface and the light on top keeps flashing white.&nbsp; Also an inconsistent ping return.&nbsp;Resetting back into recovery mode and I can get a good constant ping return from the device, which means that it is definitely still in some good state.&nbsp; The web interface is a no go at this stage though.&nbsp;I have ftp'd various .img files to it, from the latest to some very old ones, but the result is always the same.&nbsp; Interestingly if I upload an RBR image to it, the red power light flashes after it has accepted the image.&nbsp; So I think this means that the changes I have made to tell it that it is now a RBS and not an RBR have worked.&nbsp;I can't think of anything else to try to get the router into&nbsp; working state.&nbsp;Does anyone have any suggestions?&nbsp; 🙂&nbsp;&nbsp;

FURRYe38 · Accepted Answer

Try a 30-30-30 reset on the RBR...
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https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTPNeed to press the reset button for 30 seconds then release, then it send to PUT the command and upload the FW.&nbsp;Make sure you enable tftp: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10Video 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=hXhMgQS5k1ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DLrLQrpawTry nmrpflash:https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash
https://www.snbforums.com/threads/custom-firmware-build-for-orbi-rbk50-rbk53-rbr50-rbs50-v-9-2-5-1-18sf-hw-v-9-2-5-1-18-1sf-hw.64414/page-3#post-590839https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Is-my-13-month-old-RBR50-bricked/td-p/2009904/jump-to/first-unread-messagehttps://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-Wi-Fi-5-AC-and-Orbi-with/ORBI-RBR50v2-bricked-Solved/m-p/2338097#M145450

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RBR50/RBS50 - bricked?

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