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Aspirant

Nov 05, 2015

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Removing dd-wrt firmware and restoring to factory condition

Hi, I have a Nighthawk R8000 which I bought with DD-Wrt firmware installed. I would like to remove that firmware and restore to a factory configuration. I might have messed things up. I selected the F...

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Herbert323
Nov 06, 2015
Thanks my friend, that worked.

Herbert

JamesGL

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Nov 06, 2015

Hi Herbert323,

If you want to use the official firmware for R8000, you may download it on the link below.

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/30010

For loading the firmware via TFTP since the router is unaccessible, you may check this article.

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/19841/~/reinstall-the-firmware-on-a-router-without-the-setup-cd-recovery-tool

Regards,

JamesGL
Community Team

Herbert323

Aspirant

Nov 06, 2015

Thanks my friend, that worked.

Herbert