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R8500 bricked - 30/30/30 doesn't work - what next ..?
Hello Netgear Gurus, Yesterday (Sunday 11th March 2018) I logged into my R8500 to find a firmware update available - unfortunately I didn't note which version... Anyway, this usually work OK, takes...
Greetings,
TFTP can be used to recover the router in most situations. You don't have to download the utility if you have windows 10, it's a windows feature that can be enabled. You will use it to reflash the FW. Very well documented. Timing is everything, so don't be discouraged if you don't get it the very first time you try.
https://kb.netgear.com/22688/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-TFTP
Greetings,
TFTP can be used to recover the router in most situations. You don't have to download the utility if you have windows 10, it's a windows feature that can be enabled. You will use it to reflash the FW. Very well documented. Timing is everything, so don't be discouraged if you don't get it the very first time you try.
https://kb.netgear.com/22688/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-TFTP
Wasn't 100% convinced this would work but it does !!!
On Win10 you just need to opern a command prompt and then its a tftp command
c:\ tftp -i 192.168.1.1 PUT c:\netgear.fw\<filename of fw>
worked a treat ..!
Many thanks
Charles K