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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.
> 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.If that is a brand new device that has never worked – it isn't clear how this came about from your first message – then back to the seller is a better option.
