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pinesol
Aspirant
Aug 22, 2022

Semi-bricked MR6500 M6 Pro

I'm not sure quite what happened if it was related to a power outage during boot or what, but my firmware appears to be corrupted. The device will boot, but all of the "router" functions fail and the...
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Blanca_O
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Sep 05, 2022

Hi pinesol, 

 

Are you still experiencing this?

Please provide the device SKU (e.g. MR6500-1A1NAS). 

 

Regards,
Blanca
Community Team

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pinesol
Aspirant
Sep 06, 2022

Hi Bianca,

 

I am still. It is indeed MR6500-1A1NAS. It will boot into download/QD mode and awaits a firmware flash. I have an alternate device that I've been using in the meantime until I can build up the "courage" to deal with ATT's tech support.

 

Thanks,

Michael