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Router won't stop rebooting...
I have a Netgear R6250 that I bought a while back. I bought it because the WiFi signal I was getting from my gateway from Comcast was absolutely pitiful. I figured maybe buying a router of my own to ...
You already tried different wall wart. I'd try this, don't connect anything to the router. Power it off >> presss and hold down the
reset button >> power up >> when lights flash, let go of reset button, does it make any difference? Mostly there are two things
can cause symptom like this, over heating or bad power supply. Speaking if power supply on the router board there is voltage
regulator chip, electrolytic capacitors, etc. Thes component can go bad causing unstable voltage/current on the power rail. If
no matter what it acts like it, time to open it look inside. Look for suspicous component, check thermal paste under heat sink on
cpu and radio chip, etc.
How can I reflash it when it only stays on for 15-20 seconds at a time?
You already tried different wall wart. I'd try this, don't connect anything to the router. Power it off >> presss and hold down the
reset button >> power up >> when lights flash, let go of reset button, does it make any difference? Mostly there are two things
can cause symptom like this, over heating or bad power supply. Speaking if power supply on the router board there is voltage
regulator chip, electrolytic capacitors, etc. Thes component can go bad causing unstable voltage/current on the power rail. If
no matter what it acts like it, time to open it look inside. Look for suspicous component, check thermal paste under heat sink on
cpu and radio chip, etc.