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Nighthawk - red lights then nothing
After deteriorating speeds, I reset my Nighthawk EX7000 (7 second press). Now, it won't start up. All that happens when I switch on is... (1) all lights green for a couple of seconds (2) the...
something might have gotten corrupted, you can try recoving with tftp or nmrpflash.
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
Here's a guide of someone doing it to an R7000 on mac. it should be a very similar process.
Thanks - I'll give it a try this evening.
Paulo