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ROUTER BRICKED AFTER FIRMWARE UPGRADE
I have a NIGHTHAWK R6850 , after configuring a pop up appeared to upgrade the router. As soon as i upgraded to a newer verison my router is just stuck at power light(green). would appreciate the solution or any guidlines to follow to make it work again. Thanks in advance!
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Any other lights on?
Did you try a reset? Push and hold reset for 7-15 seconds while powered on?
If that doesn't help, you can try recovering it with tftp or nmrpflash.
are you on windows? if so, follow this guide
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
just make sure you enable tftp
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10
and here's a video walk through using a tftp client. Use the built in one for windows 10 though. the video is more of an example of how its done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DLrLQrpaw
and if that doesn't work, you can try using nmrpflash
