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EX8000 Will not Broadcast a WiFi signal
Last week we had a power outage for about 3 seconds. My Nighthawk X8 R8500 router needed to be reset to enable wifi, and it works fine. But my EX8000 extender stopped working. All of the LEDs on t...
sounds like either your firmware is corrupt or you have a hardware problem because of the power surge.
you can try recoving it with tftp or nmrpflash. I'd recommend trying tftp.
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
make sure to enable tftp from within windows.
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10
or you can try nmrpflash.
Thanks! I had to slightly modify the instructions for when to hit the Enter Key (right after the Power LED turned green after several red blinks), but the firmware loaded successfully and my extender is up and running again!
glad to hear you got it working! let us know if you have any other issues we can help with