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GuMANai
Aug 12, 2026Aspirant
Trying to Revive old R6400V2
Title: R6400v2 stuck in initial setup loop – web UI and Nighthawk app both fail Hi everyone, I’m trying to bring an older NETGEAR R6400v2 back into service, but I’ve hit a very strange setup proble...
- Aug 13, 2026
Okay I resolved this using the nmrp flash tool. I flashed the initial release firmware using the tool and then organically upgraded to the latest version. it all went smooth. I cant believe I wasted so much time on the TFTP tool when Nmrp tool was so straight forward !! Thank you FURRYe38
GuMANai
Aug 12, 2026Aspirant
I also noticed that the Power light keeps flashing Orange when I press and hold the Reset button. when I release the reset button it goes back to normal behavior of resetting and rebooting. and I did try flashing the firmware while holding the reset button while the orange light is blinking... but the tftp software threw an error at me error in Recv.Error code is 10054 (An Existing Connection was forcibly closed by the remote host).