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95wildtt
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Nov 01, 2021
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Firmware 1.0.5.38 broke Ethernet ports HELP!

Hi,

 

Just updated my firmware today and none of my ethernet ports (other than WAN) work any longer.

Have tried reset, reboot complete network, and no luck... Wifi works fine.

 

Thanks for any advice,

John

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    95wildtt
    Nov 17, 2021

    Hi,

    Sorry for not gettiung back to this sooner...

    I rolled back to 1.0.5.28 (just picked at random) then disconnedted the power for 5-10 minutes, and the ports worked again.

    Then flashed to 1.0.5.38 again and all is well... Not sure where the change happened, or what didn't get set/reset in .38, but rolling back solved it for me.

     

    Thanks for the help,

    John

17 Replies

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 02, 2021

    Pull the power adapter for 1 minute then back on? 

    • 95wildtt's avatar
      95wildtt
      Guide
      Nov 02, 2021

      Yep, tried that... several times on the router and all other devices too.

      • FURRYe38's avatar
        FURRYe38
        Guru - Experienced User
        Nov 02, 2021

        Can you use a wireless laptop or PC and revert FW back to what was working? 

  • 64dude's avatar
    64dude
    Guide
    Nov 12, 2021

    I had the exact same issue after updating to v1.0.5.38. All ethernet ports just flash. Can't seem to reset to factory defaults either, and I had my wifi radios all turned off as I was using as just a router/firewall and so at the moment, its totally bricked for me. Interestingly it took about 8 hours after the firmware update for the device to fail. In my case, besides the disabled wifi radios on all bands, I had LAG enabled. Otherwise very vanilla. Any workarounds? Were you able to factory reset to recover?

    Thanks,

    64dude

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      64dude
      Guide
      Nov 12, 2021

      Update. I factory reset and rolled back to 1.0.5.36, and ethernet ports still won't function, just flashes. 1.0.5.38 appears to have bricked the ethernet ports permanently. Wifi still works, which for me is useless since I only now use the R9000 as a router and swtich. Thoughts?

      Thanks,

      64dude

      • FURRYe38's avatar
        FURRYe38
        Guru - Experienced User
        Nov 12, 2021

        Could you load up Voxels R9000 FW and see if problem is still there? 

        You can revert back to stock afterwards.

         

        I would open a support ticket if you have not already and let NG know whats happening. 

        DarrenM 

        64dude wrote:

        Update. I factory reset and rolled back to 1.0.5.36, and ethernet ports still won't function, just flashes. 1.0.5.38 appears to have bricked the ethernet ports permanently. Wifi still works, which for me is useless since I only now use the R9000 as a router and swtich. Thoughts?

        Thanks,

        64dude