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AlanGee57
Jan 20, 2022Aspirant
Extender will not reset to factory settings
Bought the EX8000 over a year ago, support helped me set it up, im terrible at tech, so was thankfull for that. Recently installed a new Sy Router, tried to re-connect to network. Problem now is...
plemans
Jan 20, 2022Guru - Experienced User
You might have corrupt firmware.
You can try recoving it with tftp or nmrpflash.
are you on windows? if so, follow this guide
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
just make sure you enable tftp
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10
and here's a video walk through using a tftp client. Use the built in one for windows 10 though. the video is more of an example of how its done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DLrLQrpaw
and if that doesn't work, you can try using nmrpflash
https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash