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Michael________'s avatar
May 08, 2017
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Blinking green power light (as opposed to amber) after uploading firmware using TFTP2

Hi,

 

Recently I was trying to uninstall OpenWRT from a Netgear WNR1000v3 router and during the process I accidentally overwrote the firmware with the wrong file, bricking the device. At that point, the power LED was blinknig amber. Naturally, I tried reuploading the firmware via tftp2.exe. I got a "success" dialog, but ever since then, the router appears to be even more bricked.

 

First off, the power LED has started blinking green as opposed to the typical amber. What's worse, I seem to be unable to talk to the router at all: it doesn't specify a default gateway and looks like DHCP is broken too (note the autoconfiguration IP address).

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I've tried:

  • restarting both the router and the computer (duh)
  • pressing the reset button for various amounts of time (the LED just stops blinking for as long as I hold it)
  • assigning a static default gateway via the Network Connections panel on Windows (the static address doesn't respond to ping)
  • inserting the plug into different ethernet ports on the router
  • using a different power adapter
  • resetting my TCP/IP settings using the netsh utility

Any clues as to what is happening? Thanks.

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