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R7800 router showing RED on power and can no longer connect to it via WiFi or cable
Hi, My wife came back after working in US for some time (I live in France) and brought back her R7800 with her. Since it is a much better router than the one that comes with our internet provid...
Thanks, I know, I just installed DD-WRT on it and going to go from there.
Thanks to you, it is no longer bricked and I can communicate with it.
Thanks for your help, hold the reset in for a long time before the power LED started to blink white, then managed to use TfTP via port 4, the other 3 did't work.
It is now updated with the latest FW, now I need to download new FW to be able to use it with NordVPN.
Hopefully it will not break like last time.
faab64 wrote:
It is now updated with the latest FW, now I need to download new FW to be able to use it with NordVPN.
I doubt if your router supports NordVPN using stock firmware.
If NordVPN needs customised firmware, you may have to look for a third party firmware. In which case, you need to get help from whichever firmware maker you go for. Netgear doesn't support "hand knitted" firmware.
Thanks, I know, I just installed DD-WRT on it and going to go from there.
Thanks to you, it is no longer bricked and I can communicate with it.