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Nighthawk X10 AD7200 Model R9000 will not factory reset
I have the Nighthawk X10 AD7200 Smart WiFi Router Model R9000. When I hold down the reset button, it does not reset. 1. I can confirm the lights change on the router when I hold in the reset butt...
I ended up leaving my modem and router disconnected from power for 24 hours. Then when I powered them both on (they're on the same power supply), I held the router's reset button for 30 seconds. Inexplicably, this did the reset. Why, I don't know. Because the DHCP should have been relased regardless and have nothing to do with the router's actual settings. I don't know, I just work here.
That's great when you are like, "I just left it off and came back and now it works." and the forum is like "Solved!!!"
I know it's a couple weeks late but here a little additional info:
1. These routers are trash, the firmware is trash, it won't be the last time you have a problem.
2. Last year a firmware update that was pushed out bricked a good number of these routers and there's still an underlying hardware/firmware problem that is not resolved.
3. With respect to number 2, this router is susceptible to having its nvram corrupted, and it basically loses all of it's configuration settings, and other similar problems, very much like the problems you have described.
4. The last advice I can give is that had you not resolved the issues, I would have recommended a 30-30-30 reset, that will clear the nvram completely and allow you to 'attempt' to get it back on track. You can google 30-30-30 reset of my quick explaination is that you have to hold the reset button on the back of the router for 30 seconds, keep the reset held and unplug the router for 30 seconds, while reset still held plug the router back in and keep that reset helf for 30 more seconds, so you holding reset 30secs, unplug router 30secs, plug back in 30secs, then after minimum of 90sec you can let go of the reset button and it should factory reset and completely clear the nvRAM and allow you to clear out any ram corruption.
My X10 R9000 is somewhere in a shop in Asia, maybe as a door stop or other inatimate object but, this one i'm using that NetGear charged me $16.50 to replace mine as the solution to the problem they created, well it's not working properly either so, I've abandoned NetGear firmware because it doesn't work and I'm using DD-WRT, since this router has no warranty anyway, and so far, it's seems to be 'working'. I have no idea what to consider for my next wi-fi router but I know the only feature I have in mind now is that the words "NetGear" will not appear on it anywhere.