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R8500 Reboot Loop
My R8500 seems to have crashed today, and is now stuck in a reboot loop. I was working (connected to the router via wifi), and the network dropped. I got up to see what the issue was and could see th...
- FWIW, when the support team contacted me (OP), they said it was a hardware issue, and shipped me a new unit (just arrived today).
Best,
Chris
ChrisRogers91 One of our support team will reach out to you regarding your concern.
Hi,
I`m having the same problem with this model. I Tried the same things too. Is there any solution?
Weird thing this happen almost at same time as with the OP... Have NetGear ran some kind of faulty update or something like that?
i also have the dreaded reboot loop. I'm using a CP2102 USB TTL board V3.0 to use putty and tftpd64 (windows10). Tried everything I could find online. I feel equipped with the right tools...but so far no go.
One has to realize the window you can load f/w using tftp is very narrow. First if you set up every thing and
the f/w to be loaded is in the same directory as your tftp command is, get everything ready to a point to hit
the enter key on the keyboard. After turning on the router, as soon as you see the power light blinking, hit
"Enter key" to execute tftp command. This has to be timed right, other wise you miss the chance.
TFTP process takes only split seconds. If you keep trying, you'll get the hang of it.
