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blakep7
Initiate
Sep 01, 2020
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Nighthawk R7450 Solid Orange/Amber Power LED Post Firmware Update

Hello All, I have had a Netgear Nighthawk R7450 for a couple of months now. It has been working great up until now. I was prompted to install a firmware update from the nighthawk phone app (iOS) a...
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    blakep7
    Sep 02, 2020

    Hi, Thanks for Responding.

    I have fixed my router. I had tried all the TFTP guides on the netgear community page and none of them worked. I saw a link to a program and it worked the first try. For anyone having the same issue as me, give this a try.

     

    Netgear Unbrick Utility
    https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash

    (Directions for the Unbrick Utility are in the README.md)

     

    Goodluck to anyone else with the same problem!

     

     

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Mega7512
Aspirant
Sep 08, 2020
Hello I just updated my router (R7450)today with the same firmware. Also I used nighthawk app(Android) and I am having the same problem. I think netgear send out a bad firmware update. Is your router fix?