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RBR750 Boot Loop - White Light Flashes Then Goes Dark, TFTP Recovery Failing
RBR750 Boot Loop - White Light Flashes Then Goes Dark, TFTP Recovery Failing
Device: Orbi RBR750 (Serial: 6661037RA0169, Firmware was V7.x, Purchased April 2020)
Problem: Router powers on, white light flashes for about 1 minute then all lights go off completely. Unit is in a permanent boot loop and cannot complete startup.
What I've tried:
- Factory reset (holding reset button during white flash window)
- TFTP firmware recovery via ethernet from Mac Studio — file RBR750-V7.2.8.5.chk — unit responds to ping at 192.168.1.3 but TFTP times out with "didn't receive answer from remote"
- Accessed 192.168.1.1 but it routes to upstream Netgear router not Orbi
- Tried orbilogin.com, orbilogin.local, 10.168.168.1, 192.168.1.3 — none load admin page
- Mac internet sharing enabled (WiFi to Ethernet) to provide internet source to Orbi during recovery attempt
Current setup during recovery attempt:
- Mac Studio ethernet → Orbi yellow WAN port
- Mac on WiFi via backup Netgear R7000
- Mac ethernet set to static IP 192.168.1.2
- Orbi responds to ping consistently but web interface unreachable
Question: Is there a specific TFTP timing window or alternate recovery method for RBR750 that could help? Any known firmware corruption fix for this boot loop pattern?
6 Replies
Try a 30-30-30 reset on the RBR. IF this fails, unit maybe bad.
The router LED going "off" is normal. (from page 9 of the user manual):
The Power LED going OFF is not normal. If it is not GREEN, then something is definitely wrong.
Yes, there is definitely a "window" when the router waits for a TFTP connection. I was very frustrated once to have five attempts FAIL and was ready to take a hammer to the router, but thought "why not try ONE more time?" and...... it worked!
Hello rohanzanje ,
Welcome to the NETGEAR Community!
I understand that you have not been able to successfully use TFTP to recover your RBR750. Since the TFTP is responding to ICMP it means that there is a connection. However, there could be something else that prevents this process from being successful.
Please follow the directions listed in the link below for additional details about the TFTP process:
Best,
Kevin
Community Team
This issue was resolved with factory reset which for some reason wasn't going through in my initial few attempts. Also with firmware update my routers pass through speed has increased 7-8x than earlier. Thank you.
Glad you got it working. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/000062080/How-do-I-back-up-the-configuration-settings-on-my-Orbi-WiFi-System
Enjoy. 📡
This issue was resolved with factory reset which for some reason wasn't going through in my initial few attempts. Also with firmware update my routers pass through speed has increased 7-8x than earlier. Thank you.
Perhaps you could mark this issue "solved"?
