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R6400v2 impossible to update firmware manually
I tried to update the firmware of my R6400v2 router by clicking the update button in the router control panel.
The update started but after 30 minutes the orange light was still flashing. Something was definitely wrong.
I have now tried several times to update the software manually by using the TFTP client.
The TFTP client does write the software to the router and reports back when it's finished with '0 block retransmitted' , which should indicate that writing was succesful.
https://kb.netgear.com/000059633/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-TFTP-client
But the orange LED keeps blinking, no matter how long I wait. According to the update instructions it should take 4 minutes for the firmware to write itself to flash but I have waited 30 minutes again and again without any luck.
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are you on windows? if so, follow this guide
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
just make sure you enable tftp
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10
and here's a video 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=R9DLrLQrpaw
and if that doesn't work, you can try using nmrpflash
