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R6260 Firmware reinstall
After turning it on my router's power light perpetually blinks green and stopped working completely. After doing some research it looks like it got bricked during a firmware update. After trying ever...
Try using these instructions.
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
also make sure you're hardwired into a lan port on router for this.
and make sure tftp is enabled within windows.
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10
I'm starting to think that I don't know what ip address to use for the [router ip] during the cmd prompt. I tried both 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.10 and both said "connect request failed". How do I definitively find the correct ip address to put there?
Try watching this video. They walk you through tftp on an extender but the procedure is the same for a router.