GS108E Firmware Upgrade Issues

Well, I'll respond to my own post ;) After having a some rest and a fresh start, I brought it back to life. For some reason, the switch takes an ABSURDLY long time to respond to packet #1 on the TFTP transfer -- the ProSafe Plus Configuration Utility times out waiting for the ACK. I finally noticed that the switch WAS acknowledging the packets...Just after the timeout. So, I was able to manually do a TFTP transfer of the firmware myself -- it took a long time, but thankfully, it didn't take anything more than a PUT of the file and the switch took over, reflashed itself, and came back to life with v1.00.06 firmware. I'll withhold judgement why Netgear support wasn't able to tell me this and I had to mess around myself to figure it out. Heads up to anyone else experiencing similar issues. - Once in that 'GS108E*' state, the switch is simply expecting firmware. - Do a binary TFTP put from a separate window providing a path to the UNZIPPED firmware image - It will take a while, but once complete the switch will flash itself and come back to normal.