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Firmware fail
My router quit after a power failure and I can't get it working again. I followed the Netgear tftp instructions and i get a "connect request failed" message. Also, when I turn it back on with the res...
My router powers up but I cannot see any WiFi signals, nor do the LAN ports work. If I plug the LAN cable directly into my laptop, i get connectivety, but not through the router. The amber power on light comes on solid as do the WiFi lights. The internet light comes on half strength and fluctuates. I followed Netgears instructions on TFTP firmware upload and get a "connect request failed" after entering the put command. Also, following the Netgear instructions, they say the power LED should flash after holding the reset button and powering the router back up. Mine does not flash, ever. I hope that answers your questions, sorry for not making myself clear.
> [...] I followed Netgears instructions on TFTP firmware upload [...]
_Which_ "Netgears instructions"? Where, exactly, did you find these
"Netgears instructions"? (Hint: "On the Netgear web site" is not a
useful answer.) Better yet, what, exactly, did you do? Copy+paste is
your friend.
The TFTP recovery scheme is a multi-step procedure which offers
multiple opportunities for user input, hence user error. By itself,
saying that you "followed [some] instructions [or other]" doesn't say
much. Almost everyone believes that he's doing the right things. Not
every one of them is correct.
> [...] Mine does not flash, ever. [...]
I know nothing, but from what I've read here, not all models/firmware
versions flash. But an amber Power indicator is suggestive.
I turned off my router and left one LAN connection between my laptop and my router. i enabled TFTP in Windows programs I then went to Ethernet properties and set TCP/IPv4 to the parameters in the instructions. I then went to the command prompt and typed in the command "c:\Users\Greg\Downloads\>tftp -i 192.168.1.1 put R7900P-V1.4.64_1.3.25.chk" I then powered up the router holding the reset button in the back, counted to 10, released the button and pressed enter on my laptop. About ten to fifteen seconds later, the connect request failed message appears
> [...] I then powered up the router holding the reset button in the
> back, counted to 10, released the button and pressed enter on my laptop.
> [...]I'd vary that power-on sequence. What happens if you don't play with
the Reset button? Or vary the timing? If the router takes a little
time to recover from the Reset button being pressed, then a quick TFTP
"put" could arrive before the router is ready to do anything.> _Which_ "Netgears instructions"? [...]
Still a mystery.
I varied the timing this morning and tried without the reset button, still no joy. I'm using Netgear article 000059634. Also, I mistyped my instruction last night. It's actually TFTP -i 192.168.1.1 put R7900P-V1.4.1.64_1.3.25.chk. One other thing, with the network cable connected from laptop to router and typing 192.168.1.1 in the browser address bar, I get nothing.