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shyamkumar-s
Jan 09, 2022Aspirant
R6220 malfunctioning after firmware upgrade (1.1.0.112)
Last night I saw a notification on Nighthawk app that a new firmware (1.1.0.112) was available for my R6220. When I saw this notification, the current firmware version on my router was 1.1.0.110. Aft...
shyamkumar-s
Jan 10, 2022Aspirant
The reset button doesn't seem to be working. I tried the 30-30-30 technique as well. Even that didn't seem to work.
plemans wrote:whenever theres an issues after a firmware update, one of the first things I'd recommend would be a factory reset.
Have you tried this?
to reset, push and hold reset for 7-15 seconds while powered on.
plemans
Jan 10, 2022Guru - Experienced User
You can try recoving it with tftp or nmrpflash.
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