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marshall2553
Aspirant
Jan 27, 2022

RBS850 Satellites bricked after downgrading from 4.6.7.5

I installed 4.6.7.5 but was having issues with dropped connections and occasional satellite reboots.  I downloaded 4.6.3.16 from the support page and manually downgraded the satellites followed by th...
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marshall2553
Aspirant
Jan 27, 2022
KMDonlon wrote:
This worked for me:

https://kb.netgear.com/000059633/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-TFTP-client


Thanks, that was going to be my next step if nothing else works.  I'm kind of hesitant to attempt to update the firmware when it is rebooting every few minutes, though.

 

I tried hardwiring a satellite to the router, same result.  It is getting an IP and I can occasionally pull up the admin page, but it reboots before I can do anything.

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    marshall2553
    Aspirant
    Jan 27, 2022
    plemans wrote:

    nmrpflash can sometimes be easier to use. 

    https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash

     

    Thanks, I'll give that a try this afternoon.  Following NetGear's instructions for TFTP did not work, I just get a "Connect request failed" error.  I was watching the status of my PC's ethernet connection to the satellite while attempting the update and it alternated between connected and not connected, so I'm not sure it's staying up long enough to even perform an update.