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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...
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
After a bit of fiddling around I got this to work. Works like a charm now. Thank you!
StefLoi wrote:
After a bit of fiddling around I got this to work. Works like a charm now. Thank you!
Excellent news. Was if the TFTP thing that you got to works?
If so, "fiddling around" is a perfect description of most people's experience