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Nighthawk AX6000 Not working
Nighthawk AX8 AX6000 Model #: CAX80 I have noticed my nighthawk is not online. The power button is solid white, but none of my other icons green. I have tried a hard reset, but nothing has happ...
disconnect the coax from it and try a reset with coax disconnected. push and hold reset for up to 30 seconds while powered on.
Do the led's change at all when you're trying it?
It should boot loop without a cable connected. Trying to see if its failing in its detection
Doesn't work. I have been doing that several times. It has not booted up. The LED's will not light up, power button doesn't change colors to confirm a factory reset
with old modem/router combo device, you couldn't use tftp or nmrpflash. I'm really not sure if the CAX series can or not because they do have firmware on them that is users changeable. You can try using one of those methods. If its all ready bricked, not much worse you can make it.
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
https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflashThanks for the information & all your help