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Sunnyhunsta22
Nov 09, 2022Follower
R6230 firmware corrupted
At some point my router bricked during a firmware update. The desktop I have is a pre-built gaming PC that does NOT have a CD disk drive installed. I can't put any disks into this PC. I've tried usin...
plemans
Nov 09, 2022Guru - Experienced User
You can try recovering it with tftp or nmrpflash.
are you on windows? if so, follow this guide
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
just make sure you enable tftp
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10
and here's a video walk through using a tftp client. Use the built in one for windows 10 though. the video is more of an example of how its done. For sure watch this as it does a great job walking you through it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DLrLQrpaw
and if that doesn't work, you can try using nmrpflash
https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash