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Just bought AC1750, blinking power light, can't factory reset, failed firmware upgrade
I just bought this router from Walmart, I installed the Nighthawk app on my phone for "easier setup". Connected to the router via Wi-Fi with my phone, it said there was a firmware update, so I said t...
> Just bought AC1750, [...]
"AC1750" is a speed, not a model number. Ever helpful, Netgear
product packaging emphasizes speeds like "ACxxxx", but that's not the
model identifier. Look at the product label.
> Model: C6300|AC1750 Cable Modem Router Docsis 3.0
Is that accurate? I'll assume not, because I wouldn't expect you to
be able to touch the firmware in a C6300. "R<something>", perhaps?
> [...] Should I just return it to Walmart, or is there an easy fix that
> I can do for this? [...]
Define "easy". It sounds as if you may be a candidate for the TFTP
recovery scheme. See, for example:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1622096
I might not call it "easy", but many people seem to have done it.
It was model R6350. Sorry about that.