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Nighthawk R7000 Firmware V1.0.9.42_10.2.44 Update Failure - White Flashing Power Light
I decided to update the firmware on my R7000 WiFi Router this afternoon while the family was out and since it had been running a little sluggish.
I stupidly did this through the Nighthawk App on my...
> [...] I have also tried the TFTP2 method [...]
That's too terse a description of a multi-step procedure with
multiple variables. And there's probably no real need to download
any program. See, for example:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1622096
I can't get into the router GUI updater as the router is not responding.
I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, but I am trying to access it via http://192.168.1.1/ or is that not the way to the GUI?
> [...] I have also tried the TFTP2 method [...]
That's too terse a description of a multi-step procedure with
multiple variables. And there's probably no real need to download
any program. See, for example:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1622096
Ok, so I have since gone and used the Windows TFTP Client as outlined in:
How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
This has done the job and I have managed to get the router to work again. Thank you to all.