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Nighthawk R7800 looks to be bricked. At my wits end.
I've been trying all morning and afternoon to get my Nighthawk router back online after a bricked firmware update. I have a white light on the power led and it flashes. I'm trying to use TFTP2 with a...
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You can try recoving it with tftp or nmrpflash. Not sure why you're using tftp2.
are you on windows? if so, follow this guide
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
just make sure you enable tftp
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10
and here's a video walk through using a tftp client. Use the built in one for windows 10 though. the video is more of an example of how its done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DLrLQrpaw
and if that doesn't work, you can try using nmrpflash
https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash
I'm looking at nmrpflash currently. When I try and run it, the program starts and it never allows me to type anything in. Heres a pic of what I see. I never ask it to run that command. so all i can do is hit a key to exit the program.