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LED Power Blinking AC1750
The amber “power” LED slowly blinks. No other LED’s are on or blinking. Tried unplugging, waited 8 hours for updates, and pushed reset button. Problem persists. Any ideas what to try next?
- It was not brand new. It was about 6 months old. It was still under hardware warranty.
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> The amber "power" LED slowly blinks. [...]
You seem to be a candidate for the TFTP recovery scheme. See, for
example:- Actually, my router is version3.
I’ve attempted the TFTP firmware fix, but I continually receive the message “connect request failed.”
One difference from instructions is the light sequence. When I follow these steps, the lights are different: “Watch the Power LED. It starts with an orange color, and then start flashing.” and “Count at least 10 flashing power LED and release the reset button.”
For me, the router will not return to flashing orange power LED if I am pressing the reset button. Instead, when I power the router on while holding the reset button it just cycles through a sequence in which all the lights go on and off. It is only when I release the reset button that the orange power LED blinking continues.
At this point I press enter for the TFTP fix and I get “connect request failed.”- Ran a ping test. Came back negative. Hardware is faulty. Returning router to NETGEAR.
Thanks for the help.
There is support stuff, including a manual, for the R6300v2 somewhere at the end of this link:
>>> R6300v2 | Product | Support <<<
Murrellj91 wrote:
The amber “power” LED slowly blinks.The manual will tell you that this is down to corrupt firmware, as your screen grab show.
If it does not respond to the standard factory reset, the next thing to try is a recovery reset.
- Press reset for 30 seconds
- Keep pressing reset while removing power
- Keep pressing reset for another 30 seconds while apply power
That might let you in with the browser interface to mend the firmware. If not, then it may, indeed, be TFTP as a last resort.
How to upload firmware to a NETGEAR router using Windows TFTP | Answer | NETGEAR Support
