Nighthawk X6S All lights blink white on front and power lite in back blinks red

Machine had been working fine for 6 months. All of a sudden all the front lights were blinking white and the power light was blinking red. Tried to reset without success. when unplugging and replugin...

plemans

Guru - Experienced User

Jul 27, 2020

usually when the powerline is amber its not a good sign. You might be a canadite for a tftp recovery if factory resetting doesn't work.

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

mwwilson

Aspirant

Jul 27, 2020

Is red and amber the same on this machine?

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Nighthawk X6S All lights blink white on front and power lite in back blinks red