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Bricked after attempting to upgrade firmware
I had FreshTomato "2020.1 K26ARM USB AIO-64K" installed and working well on my Netgear R7000 AC1900 until I updated my computer's OS from Linux Mint to 20.3 which in turn updated samba to 4.13.17 whi...
Fixed it. Thanks.
kbezold wrote:
As opposed to posting here and getting no help with the system independent of firmware. 😞
You've installed 3rd party firmware to your device and bricked it. And each 3rd party firmware can take different measures to fix it that are specific to that firmware. That's why you need to post on the forum specific to your firmware. You've basically replaced the motor in your car with a different manufacturer's motor and then complained because it broke. And you want the original manufacturer to fix it. That's not how it works.
Fixed it. Thanks.