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Margotsha
Dec 07, 2020Follower
Power light blinking red
Tried to update my router, and it gave me an error part way thru. Now the internet is down and I believe it needs to finish the download still to work but with no network, how do I do that? Power is flashing amber
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- plemansGuru - Experienced User
sounds like you might have corrupted your firmware. You can try tftp/nmrpflash to recover it.
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