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dibbles3168
Nov 29, 2020Initiate
R6700 Bricked or corrupt FW after update (solid amber power light)
Got the Nighthawk r6700v2 in July 2020 was working fine. Saw there was an update (1.2.0.74) available throught the Nighthawk app so downloaded and set it to install. Afterwards it just stopped workin...
- Nov 29, 2020
There's many steps in tftp that can have things go wrong. And it sometimes takes a couple tries.
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. This can be key to helping.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DLrLQrpaw
and if that doesn't work, you can try using nmrpflash
dibbles3168
Nov 30, 2020Initiate
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! The first 2 links did the job and I am back up and running.
plemans
Nov 30, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Glad to hear it!