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R8000P Nighthawk X6S gives no flashing power light during firmware upgrade process
Netgear R8000P Nighthawk X6S AC 4000 WiFi Router
Firmware update of my R8000P using the GUI fails. When I try to use the TFTP client the instructions say to:
8. Turn your router off for 10 seconds.
9. Turn your router back on.
10. Wait for the Power LED to light orange and start flashing.
11. When the Power LED is flashing, click Put in Tftpd64 to initiate the firmware upload.
The power LED turns orange after power off and back on, but never flashes. It stays solid orange and then changes to solid blue, never having flashed.
Suggestions?
Shooties. The .50 version. Thats what I get for not asking at the start.
that one had issues where users weren't able to update firmware. For the longest time, they had to exchange them with netgear as the firmware caused a lock. A user found a way around it that you can read about here:
The standard tftp/nmrpflash won't work. You need the extra few steps to get it to work right.
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if that doesn't work, you can try using nmrpflash
https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash
plemans wrote:
if that doesn't work, you can try using nmrpflash
https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflashYes.
And persevere with TFTP. It isn't easy.
This may help:
michaelkenward is correct. It can take several tries to get it to work right. I've had better luck with nmrpflash than tftp but I've used both successfully
