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WAC510 - repurpose but still "locked" due to Insight registration?
Hi, I was given a Netgear WAC510 which we really could use in our environment. Unfortunately, it appears still to be a Netgear Insight's registered device and therefore can not be registered and no...
Hi Rob,
Did you ever get it running? I have a WAC510 here too, also an early 4W8 model, and it is completely bricked. The power LED is orange and no matter what I do, nothing works.
For a while, this is formally possible: -> How do I remove a device from my Insight account?
I have a WAC510 here too, also an early 4W8 model, and it is completely bricked. The power LED is orange
Whatever 4W8 model means, the orange power LED tells us the bootloader is most likely bricked, the device can't boot successfully. Recovery using TFTP (like any Netgear router) -> How do I upload firmware to my NETGEAR router using a TFTP client on Microsoft Windows?
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