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YSweezy
Aspirant
Mar 20, 2021
Solved

XR500 - led power won't stop blinking and my internet doesn't work

Hi guys,   Since a power outage at my house my XR500 won't work and now I can't play or use my devices, the led power is blinking systematically.  I can't also do a factory reset on the XR500, I d...
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YSweezy
Aspirant
Mar 20, 2021

Hi thank you for the reply,

 

I'm on Mac by the way, do you have a TFTP link for Mac ?

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antinode
Guru
Mar 20, 2021

> I'm on Mac by the way, do you have a TFTP link for Mac ?

 

   Follow the link in the posting cited above:

 

      https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1533866#M87578

 

   You still have to configure the Mac's Ethernet interface with static
parameters (System Preferences > Network > Ethernet <X> > Configure
IPv4: Manually), but the values for Windows should work as well on a
Mac.

 

   Possibly interesting:

 

      https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1934828
      https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1758207

 

A Web/forum search might find more.