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Anders13
Dec 19, 2019Tutor
Nighthawk R8000 wont boot after firmware upgrade
Hi! After i upgrade to latest FW from my phone. When the router tried to boot it stays in the boot up. The power led is orange no amber or nothing solid orange light. After a few sec the WP...
- Dec 23, 2019
Finally its operational again.
I needed to buy a USB TLL cable and connect thru serial and stop the loop after that i started tftpd and uploaded fw: R8000-V1.0.4.28_10.1.54
For reference i used the guide from here. https://www.myopenrouter.com/article/how-set-serial-console-netgear-r8000
The only thing i did diffrent was to change the RX and the TX cable.
Hope this help others!
Take care!
antinode
Dec 19, 2019Guru
> After i upgrade to latest FW from my phone. [...]
Which version was "latest"? Using a wired connection for this might
be more reliable.
> The power led is orange no amber or nothing solid orange light.
In this context, the difference between "orange" and "amber" is very
small.
> Is there a another way to get this router back in business?
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1622096#M102004
I wouldn't bet on anything, but I'd try running the TFTP command at
different points in the cycle, in the hope of finding the thing in a
receptive state at some lucky time.
> image.jpg
So, you found some "Upgrade Firmware" program somwehere? I'd expect
you to get better control over what happens when, if you used the
command-line TFTP program.
Anders13
Dec 20, 2019Tutor
antinode wrote:> After i upgrade to latest FW from my phone. [...]
Which version was "latest"? Using a wired connection for this might
be more reliable.
1.0.4.46, was the one i tried.
> The power led is orange no amber or nothing solid orange light.
In this context, the difference between "orange" and "amber" is very
small.
I get you. I will say thats amber :) Solid amber, no flashing.
> Is there a another way to get this router back in business?
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1622096#M102004
I wouldn't bet on anything, but I'd try running the TFTP command at
different points in the cycle, in the hope of finding the thing in a
receptive state at some lucky time.
I tried for like 2hours last night and didnt get lucky. Will try to use a USB-TTL cabel and use the serial connection to see if i can stop the booting process and get the TFTP server to respond.
> image.jpg
So, you found some "Upgrade Firmware" program somwehere? I'd expect
you to get better control over what happens when, if you used the
command-line TFTP program.
Yea i used TFTP2.exe found on this forum i have the CMD version of it to. Might give it a try!
Thanks for your reply.
- Anders13Dec 23, 2019Tutor
Finally its operational again.
I needed to buy a USB TLL cable and connect thru serial and stop the loop after that i started tftpd and uploaded fw: R8000-V1.0.4.28_10.1.54
For reference i used the guide from here. https://www.myopenrouter.com/article/how-set-serial-console-netgear-r8000
The only thing i did diffrent was to change the RX and the TX cable.
Hope this help others!
Take care!
- antinodeDec 24, 2019Guru
> The only thing i did diffrent was to change the RX and the TX cable.
One device's "R" is the other device's "T".