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Damiangage
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Jul 06, 2020

AC3000 Nighthawk X6S Extender: Power light turns from green to flashing red. All front flash white?

I have had this wifi extender for about two years with no problem, but I started to notice my wifi speed was slower and then I saw that my extender front lights were flashing white. I tried turning ...
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Jul 06, 2020

If the power light is blinking, it usually means the firmware is corrupted or there's a different hardware issue. you can try recovering it using tftp.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. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DLrLQrpaw

 

and if that doesn't work, you can try using nmrpflash

https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash