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kryptonix
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Sep 26, 2018
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How to unbrick the Nighthawk R7000 using OS X and TFTP

Hi,   After spending a night on unbricking my R7000 and how I struggled to work with all the manuals out there but none of them actually worked. I thought I should share what actually worked for ...
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  • brunomartorella's avatar
    brunomartorella
    Sep 27, 2021

    HOLY COW IT WORKED!!!

     

    nmrpflash worked!!! Switching to a Static IP address and turning my Wifi off did the trick!!

     

    Also, recommend using -vvv to double check when it works. Took me two tries to nail the timing because the router has to finish restarting for the packet transfer to begin before the command times out.

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itsmevgupta
Aspirant
Sep 06, 2021

Hi 

Thanks for the detailed steps. I have tried your method.

 

1. I get ping from the router only for few seconds and then it keeps getting timed out

2. When I use the Put command to transfer the firmware, I keep getting "Transfer timed out". I'm guessing that is because of step 1. 

 

I am also noticing that my router is in a constant restart cycle on its own. Pressing the RESET button is not doing anything either. Please let me know if you have any suggestions?

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itsmevgupta
Aspirant
Sep 26, 2021

Did you find any resolution to this? I am running into the same issue and my router is in a constant restart loop. 

  • brunomartorella's avatar
    brunomartorella
    Tutor
    Sep 26, 2021
    Did not. At this point I’m just gonna toss it in the trash can