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nave77
Mar 13, 2020Aspirant
AC1750: Could not connect to the router after firmware update
I did a firmware update last night then beginning that time I am unable to connect to my router. I tried connecting to it over LAN but it still didn't work. When I did a ping to 198.162.1.1 it says "...
plemans
Mar 21, 2020Guru - Experienced User
did you have tftp enabled within windows?
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10
Or make sure to run the command prompt in admin mode?
where did it fail?
Did you follow the procedure precisely? There's many spots for error
nave77
Mar 21, 2020Aspirant
I enabled the tftp on my windows machine, made IPV4 static as per the instructions. I precisely followed all the steps mentioned in the link. Once the firmware is installed also got a success message of the transfer in the command prompt.
- plemansMar 21, 2020Guru - Experienced User
several people have reported needing more than 1x to get it working.