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R9000 AD7200 x10 Firmware Ver 1.0.5.24 kills WiFi
It seems frustrating upgrading firmware on the Netgear x10 R9000 . I recently upgraded to current version 1.0.5.24 and all the Wifi (2.4, 5, 60) cannot be enabled, all come in off state after power on...
Did you erase the nvram using the following commands via serial connection?
nvram erase
go
Just to let everyone know that this Wifi corruption issue has been finally resolved. The netgear bin did corrupt the nvram such that the overlay volume dismounted. I have completely reset the nvram (not simple factory reset) to true factory reset condition and the overlay volume remounted and all Wifi are back. Everything is good. Be very cautious on upgrading your Netgear firmware as Netgear is not there to help you when it bricks your router that is out of warranty. Took half a year to reolve this.
Did you erase the nvram using the following commands via serial connection?
nvram erase
go
Execute these commands through telnet into the router, courtesy of kamoj at snb.
WARNING: These commands will erase all your settings and should not be tried out if you are under warranty. Use at your own risk.
To make a real "Factory reset" issue these commands:
For R7800:Code:
nvram default
nvram commit
mtd erase netgear
reboot
For the R9000 the mtd command does not exist so you should try these commands instead:Code:
nvram default
nvram commit
ngmtd="$(awk -F: '/"netgear"$/ {print $1}' /proc/mtd | grep mtd)"
[ -n "$ngmtd" ] && flash_erase /dev/"$ngmtd" 0 0
reboot- I tried the commands on my R9000. Wifi still dead. Is Kamoj add-on mandatory for this procedure?
Resetting nvram has nothing to do with loading any add-on.
You need to verify if you indeed have a hardware issue.
My router wifi worked with the dd-wrt FW but not with NG's after firmware upgrade. You may want to try dd-wrt or openwrt FW to verifiy your hardware first. They use different nvram structure.
Good luck.