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Aspirant

May 09, 2020

EX6120 firmware upgrade failed and power light blinking

Hi I have a netgear WiFi range extender which went power light blinking phase now while I have tried to upgrade the firmware version ....48 , It happened while I have tried to do it through my net gea...

plemans

Guru - Experienced User

May 09, 2020

You have to follow the guide precisely. There's lots of spots for error.

https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP

also make sure you enabled tftp when you used windows.

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10

Try watching this video walk through. its very instructional.

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

Hossan

Aspirant

May 10, 2020

Hi thanks, for your quick response, the steps you stated i have tried them all before as i have seen the youtube video but i am using a macbook to perform the TFTP client process to transfer the flash file, but every time it showed Error message "server was not responded"

i have tried network address 192.168.1.1/192.168.0.1(both alternatively) AND i am using a mcbook for that i followed the following link to set up the ethernet network https://kb.netgear.com/25191/Configuring-TCP-IP-and-Proxy-Settings-on-Mac-OSX

but that did not work as well.

is there any other way performing the process with a macbook as i dont have a windows laptop.

thanks

plemans
Guru - Experienced User
May 10, 2020
this process would be similar. the did the same on mac using a R7000.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/How-to-unbrick-the-Nighthawk-R7000-using-OS-X-and-TFTP/m-p/1643943