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Power (& Internet LED) - Solid Amber
Hi, For several years I've used my Netgear router as Access Point. This worked great. A few days ago I moved the Netgear to another room, and since then it does not work anymore. The Power LED ...
Since I was not able to get it working, I went back to the shop, which concluded that the device was broken. So I bought another one.
Thanks for your kind support.
-wim
> I tried to upgrade the firmware with tftp2, but using 192.168.1.1 or
> 192.168.0.1 does not work.
"tried to upgrade the firmware with tftp2" omits many details of a
multi-step procedure. Unless you're changing your computer's IP address
between "using 192.168.1.1" and "or 192.168.0.1", then you can expect
some failures. According to the R4500 User Manual, "192.168.1.1" is its
default address. See also:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1533866#M87578
One advantage of the command-line TFTP programs is that you're more
likely to get a useful error message from them. But, again, if the
router does not respond to "ping", then there's little hope for TFTP.
Since I was not able to get it working, I went back to the shop, which concluded that the device was broken. So I bought another one.
Thanks for your kind support.
-wim