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R7000 bricked during update cannot recover.
I recently tried to upgrade the firmware and power went off. My router is responsive coz I followed https://kb.netgear.com/27477/How-to-resolve-amber-LEDs-or-a-blinking-power-LED-on-NETGEAR-routers ...
> 15613922886085217141556636394889.jpg
First, find out how to do copy+paste from a Command Prompt window, or
else how to do a screen grab on Windows. Your photo cropped off the
useful part of the file name.> [...] But after it says "transfer successful: 224 bytes in second(s),
> 224 bytes/s" nothing happens to the router it just keeps power blinking
> led.What I see is, "Transfer successful: 224 bytes in 1 second(s), 224
bytes/s". But you were close.To me, that looks like the TFTP scheme is working, but 224 bytes is
not even close to the size of a firmware image file. For a popular
recent version, for example:pro3$ unzip -l R7000-V1.0.9.42_10.2.44.zip Archive: R7000-V1.0.9.42_10.2.44.zip Length Date Time Name --------- ---------- ----- ---- 32268346 09-10-2018 13:31 R7000-V1.0.9.42_10.2.44.chk 3121 10-01-2018 12:26 R7000-V1.0.9.42_10.2.44_Release_Notes.html --------- ------- 32271467 2 filesSo, a typical correct file ("R7000-V1.0.9.42_10.2.44.chk") has a size
of roughly 32MB (not 0.2KB). I don't know what you sent to the router,
but it seems to have been some small, wrong thing, not the appropriate
".chk" file.
> This is the version that I'm trying to reinstall,
> R7000-V1.0.8.34_1.2.15 [...]Why?
> [...] I'm not sure if it can revert to any old firmware. [...]
I'd expect loading any version to be possible, if you can load some
version.> [...] I really feel that this is a trash unit, [...]
Perhaps, but so far there's little evidence that you're trying to
push a real firmware image file at it.
Have you followed this article? https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
Unplug all port connections from router except the PC you are using to upload.
Turn router OFF for 10 seconds.
Hold down the reset button on the back of router with a paper clip.
Power ON the router while holding down the reset button.
Watch the Power LED. It starts with an orange color, and then start flashing.
Count at least 10 flashing power LED and release the reset button.
Press Enter to execute the TFTP command. Wait for a few minutes (be patient, do not reboot the router). When the upload is successful, the Power LED will turn solid. The rest of LED’s on the router will also turn ON indicating that the router has booted up properly.
I do these steps exactly how I read it but on step where it says count atleast ten flashes the power led is not the one flash but it's the whole 6 led flashing. Once I tried to execute after 10 flashes. The power led turns amber..... and I get a "connect request failed" it only becomes successful when I hit power blinker is in white flashing....which I do not think is right.
Turn router OFF for 10 seconds.
Hold down the reset button on the back of router with a paper clip.
Power ON the router while holding down the reset button.
Watch the Power LED. It starts with an orange color, and then start flashing.
Count at least 10 flashing power LED and release the reset button.
Press Enter to execute the TFTP command. Wait for a few minutes (be patient, do not reboot the router). When the upload is successful, the Power LED will turn solid. The rest of LED’s on the router will also turn ON indicating that the router has booted up properly.
I do these steps exactly how I read it but on step where it says count atleast ten flashes the power led is not the one flash but it's the whole 6 led flashing. Once I tried to execute after 10 flashes. The power led turns amber..... and I get a "connect request failed" it only becomes successful when I hit power blinker is in white flashing....which I do not think is right.