New - CAX80 Firmware Version 2.1.4.2 Released

Hey everyone,

So as I see, I'm also one of many victims of Netgear's incompetency and ignoring.

I bought my router from a reseller on Amazon for about $350 this April 2022 and thought that it's going to be a great long term investment but now it is bricked by the latest firmware version 2.1.4.2. And of course, Netgear told me that my case is not covered with a warranty.

Initially I had an issue with the router that the configuration was reset after every reboot. I had VPN configured and it was annoying to setup it again after every power loss. I opened a support case and the engineer advised me to manually update the firmware to the latest version. After the update the router stopped working at all.

The router is doing the following LED sequence after power on:

1. All LEDs are on for a second

1. 1,2,3,4 LEDs are on for 10 seconds

2. Only Power LED is lit for 30 seconds (for 10 seconds router becomes available via Ethernet but doesn't respond on TFTP requests)

3. Power LED is on and three upper LEDs under the Power LED are blinking for 50 seconds

4. Power LED is on and the second LED with lightning down arrow is blinking for 160 seconds

Then all the sequence repeats.

Maybe there is a chance to restore the router as this behaviour is slightly different from those I've seen on the forum.

Any ideas?