Updating RBK50 to 2.5.1.8 has bricked it!!

Be sure when manually updaint FW, that you use a wire connected PC and a known working browser. Chrome is known for not working well for FW updates and can cuase the router to become bricked. Use of IE11, Firefox or Opera or Safari for Mac is recommended browsers for any FW udpates. Hope the recovery method works to get the RBR working again as suggested by CrimpOn .

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Plambertuk wrote:

Hi,

 

I applied a manual update of firmware 2.5.1.8 to RBR50 and RBS50. The satellite update worked as it should but the router has bricked. By bricked I mean the ONLY light showing is the power LED. Using a paperclip in the reset hole does nothing (no matter how long it is held down). Prior to this both were running version 2.5.0.38.

 

I had recently setup another Orbi system for a friend and noticed ,out of the box, it flagged a new version of firmware 2.5.1.8 was available - installed just fine. My own router (the bricked one) wasn't offering the update which is why I tried the manual update.

 

Sod's law is that my router went out of warranty two weeks ago aaargh - anyone know if this is fixable by me or netgear?

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