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cnrehrig8
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Sep 10, 2025

This is for a Netgear Nighthawk X6s R8000p that appears to be in some type of boot loop

I have attempted the TFTP method via CMD and am also getting the Connect request failed error. This is for a Netgear Nighthawk X6s R8000p that appears to be in some type of boot loop.   The amber...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 23, 2025

Any progress on this? 

 

cnrehrig8 wrote:

I have attempted the TFTP method via CMD and am also getting the Connect request failed error. This is for a Netgear Nighthawk X6s R8000p that appears to be in some type of boot loop.

 

The amber power light never does blink as stated in the documentation. https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP

 

Is there any hop to recover this router or is it bricked? any suggestions welcome.