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Tall-Eric
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Oct 30, 2016
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Corrupt firmware, tried reset, can't ping router (WNDR4500/N900)

We had a power outage at our home, after that the N900/WNDR4500 router power light started blinking green which indicates there is a firmware issue. Reseting the router didn't correct, connection to ...
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  • Tall-Eric's avatar
    Tall-Eric
    Tutor
    Oct 30, 2016

    Huge thanks searay! Forcing the PC to 192.168.1.2 & using the windows tftp command line utility to force the update worked (the Windows GUI tftp2 tool I downloaded did not, nothing at the GUI level seemed to see 192.168.1.1 as available)

     

    Much appriciate the support and pointer! Thanks again!

    • Retired_Member's avatar
      Retired_Member
      Oct 31, 2016

      Good Work!

       

      You're Welcome!