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Nighthawk R7000 power LED stays solid amber
Hi folks - hoping somebody out there can help me revive my old Nighthawk R7000 router. I've had it working flawlessly for years in regular router mode however today I tried to set it up in repeater ...
Hi folks. Thanks for your replies. I did try the "recovery reset" option but that didn't seem to work either. However, what did work for me was the nmrpflash "Netgear Unbrick Utility". This can be found here: https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash
I run Arch Linux at home and nmrpflash can be found in the AUR, so it's a really easy install on Arch with "yay -S nmrpflash" ... and then follow the instructions in the github page linked above.
Hi folks. Thanks for your replies. I did try the "recovery reset" option but that didn't seem to work either. However, what did work for me was the nmrpflash "Netgear Unbrick Utility". This can be found here: https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash
I run Arch Linux at home and nmrpflash can be found in the AUR, so it's a really easy install on Arch with "yay -S nmrpflash" ... and then follow the instructions in the github page linked above.
Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/24231/How-do-I-back-up-the-router-configuration-settings-on-my-Nighthawk-router