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Blinking power light - but not all te time
I have the (apprently quite common) problem of a blinking power light on my R6300 router. Manual and forums say this could be a firmware problem or a problem with the power supply to the router. My...
I've had the same issue on a 6300. I was lucky and managed to reload the firmware, and was was back to normal in no time. I would reload the firmware while you can..
When the light is blinking, can you ping the router via it's ip address? If you can what is the TTL value?
Sorry to be slow - have been offline for a few days
Yes I can ping the router on its IP address the TTL is 100 with a connection via a wireless access point (a reconfigured older router that I use to extend WiFi coverage) and powerline adapters. I have not tried it with a direct cable connection.
On the TTL question. I thought that ping started with a TTL of 255 (usually). 100 implies a huge number of routers between me and my local router - does the netgear stuff use the TTL as a diagnostic code when it is in failure?
TTL=100 means router is waiting for firmware load. Either your AC power adapter is flaky or router is
flaky. When it is normal TTL=64. When light is not blinking try to repoad f/w and factory resey, reconfigure
to see it settles down. If you want to load f/w when light is blinking use tftp method.
Thanks - I used the tftp method and it now seems fine. Fingers crossed it was corrupted firmware. Not sure how it got corrupted though ...