Bricked R8500 - absolute worst experience

So I bought this dec 2016 and now I finally wanted to unbox it and use it. After changign the SSID - the thing bricked. Now its stuck in a endless solid amber light reboot cycle. Here is what I t...

bricked

Firmware

Hardware

R8500

terrible

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annoyed_swiss
Jul 17, 2017
Thank you. I received my replacement 2 days ago and so far so good. I was able to make changes and reboot w/o it locking up. Sent the old brick back.

So far so good fingers crossed.

ElaineM

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Jul 17, 2017

I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. Let us know any update once you have received the replacement unit.

Thank you and have a great day!

annoyed_swiss

Aspirant

Jul 17, 2017

Thank you. I received my replacement 2 days ago and so far so good. I was able to make changes and reboot w/o it locking up. Sent the old brick back.

So far so good fingers crossed.

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Bricked R8500 - absolute worst experience