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WNHDE111 emergency recovery needed
Hello, I have a AP/Bridge WNHDE111 that is blinking once per second (corrupted firmware sign). It does not response on any buttons or network connections. Prior to becoming a paperweight, it freque...
June,
Thanks for the tip. The distance is optimal, about 12-15 feet, signal strength (when the second unit was functional) was 100% on both sides. And I switched them around just to figure out that only one of these two units is actually at fault. Once I recycle the power plug (i.e., pull it, wait about 30 sec and push in again), the unit at fault would behave normally - light stays on for start, then blinks synchronously with the other unit showing that they are talking. Then, at any time, both units would show steady green light, and the faulty unit would not respond to www.mywifiext.net or direct IPv4 HTTP request. Computer and ReadyNAS that were connected to that unit disappeared from the network. Power cycle on the faulty unit caused restoration of the service with no additional intervention. I used this AP/bridge set for about 3 days (!), and these hiccups started to happen more and more quickly. The last time it happened in about 2 minutes after the power cycle. The next (last) power cycle ended in the "firmware corrupt" signal - light was blinking 1/second, and nothing could change that. I wanted to see if there is any way to restore firmware in the memory chip. Some Netgear routers have a "manager port" to upload .bin file using Hyperterminal, other have a recovery utility that does it automatically, but this device seemed to left in the cold in that department...
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Thanks for the tip. The distance is optimal, about 12-15 feet, signal strength (when the second unit was functional) was 100% on both sides. And I switched them around just to figure out that only one of these two units is actually at fault. Once I recycle the power plug (i.e., pull it, wait about 30 sec and push in again), the unit at fault would behave normally - light stays on for start, then blinks synchronously with the other unit showing that they are talking. Then, at any time, both units would show steady green light, and the faulty unit would not respond to www.mywifiext.net or direct IPv4 HTTP request. Computer and ReadyNAS that were connected to that unit disappeared from the network. Power cycle on the faulty unit caused restoration of the service with no additional intervention. I used this AP/bridge set for about 3 days (!), and these hiccups started to happen more and more quickly. The last time it happened in about 2 minutes after the power cycle. The next (last) power cycle ended in the "firmware corrupt" signal - light was blinking 1/second, and nothing could change that. I wanted to see if there is any way to restore firmware in the memory chip. Some Netgear routers have a "manager port" to upload .bin file using Hyperterminal, other have a recovery utility that does it automatically, but this device seemed to left in the cold in that department...
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