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Firmware update bricked my router?
I saw in the router's web interface that a new update was available, which would take the firmware from V1.0.2.68 to V1.0.2.90. I started the update and after a few minutes the blue bar progressed al...
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
Need to press the reset button for 30 seconds then release, then it send to PUT the command and upload the FW.
Make sure you enable tftp: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10
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
I had a problem on a Windows 10 PC where this didn't work to use TFTP, so I switched to a WIndows 7 PC and the TFTP worked.Try nmrpflash:
https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
Need to press the reset button for 30 seconds then release, then it send to PUT the command and upload the FW.
Make sure you enable tftp: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10
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
I had a problem on a Windows 10 PC where this didn't work to use TFTP, so I switched to a WIndows 7 PC and the TFTP worked.
Try nmrpflash:
https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash
I followed the initial instructions at FURRYe38's first link and discovered that it was responding on the factory default IP (198.168.1.1). It turns out that the update was successful, but for some reason it had reverted all the settings to the factory defaults. So, annoying but not disastrous.
After spending some time reconfiguring, everything's back up and running.
Thanks!