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StefLoi
Nov 22, 2021Aspirant
Router power lamp won't stop blinking
Hello, My router (WNDR4500|N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Routerr|EOL from Netgear) disconnected after a brief outage, but when everything else was restored the router power lamp blinks and it w...
- Nov 22, 2021
You can try recoving 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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DLrLQrpaw
and if that doesn't work, you can try using nmrpflash
https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash
StefLoi
Nov 23, 2021Aspirant
Hey!
Thank you so much for the response! I am trying this, but the issue is that I cannot get my computer to recognize the network any longer. I can't download or use the routerlogin page to conigure settings. I'm not sure how to proceed from there.Is there something I'm missing?
Or do I not need to have the router recognized at all for this to function. Please let me know
plemans
Nov 23, 2021Guru - Experienced User
did you watch the video on how to use tftp to recover it?