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WNDR3700v3 Possibly Bricked
I have a very similar to issue to this thread here (the system says that I should create a new thread rather than to revive the old one, so here I am). The link to the instructions for how to upload ...
If you done al that and nothing seems to be working, maybe time to get something new. That model is fairly old generation and no longer updated and is EoL from development and support perspectives. So seems like it's had good service to carry you this long. Call it a day and go find you something new. Theres lots of good used items out there on places like amazon or shopgoodwill where you can find you something that needs a good home.
Thank you. Yeah, I actually replaced it with a Netgear Nighthawk R7000 back in May of 2018, but I was hoping to see if I would be able to revive this because if I can, I mean -- the router itself, otherwise, is good, not scratched up or anything like that.
(I'm *just* finally getting around to asking about trying to resuscitate this back to life now.)
The reason for it is because I was looking to see if I can re-deploy this router as a wireless AP, so that I don't have to run like a 300 foot network cable to our upstairs/2nd floor. (I also have the Amazon eero 6 wifi mesh network as well, but it doesn't have any RJ45 ports for the other wifi APs, and I have deployed one of my systems upstairs that is RJ45 only. WiFi doesn't work on it.)
Figured that if I can re-deploy this, then I won't have to deploy my Apple Airport express and a network switch, as this N600 would be more than sufficient for what my upstairs system needs.
But if the experts here can't really help where the router is beyond dead -- then e-Waste it is. I just thought that I'd give it a shot, if I can prevent it from going to e-Waste.
Only other thing would be to try a 30-30-30 reset, if this fails to bring it back to life then, time to let it go.
Good Luck.
Had to google what the "30-30-30 reset" was, but I did try it and the power LED still doesn't blink. Pity.
I appreciate your help. Thank you.
Gotta try.
Have a great weekend.