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Unable to connect to the internet and routerlogin.net won't display
I have a new AC1750 (R6700 v3) router that I'm trying to set up and I'm running into issues which I'm not sure are related or not. The router does not connect to the internet even after performing th...
My 'solution' was to just purchase another router. Everything I tried to fix the Nighthawk router failed.
Tried that - no dice.
My 'solution' was to just purchase another router. Everything I tried to fix the Nighthawk router failed.
Thank you so much for responding to me. Also, I'm very sorry that you ended up having to go buy a new router.
In case you still have the Netgear router, I did end up fixing the issue. I did the "Netgear Router Recover Hack Method" as instructed by Richard Lloyd on Youtube.
Basically, I ended up having to flash the latest firmware to the router. This did the trick. However, while I did follow other, TFTP methods stated here on Netgear, those were poorly written, and often they did not apply. You can follow the directions on the video, which was extremely clear and helpful. The only place where things were different was the part where the video said that the power light 'blinks'. In my case, the power light did not blink. While running the upload of the firmware, I did have to turn off and on the router one time, and it did the trick. At one point it did give me a "TFTP block rollover. Upload might fail!" message, but it ended up working out.
During the process, I did not have my router connected to the modem. The only cords were the power cord, and the network cable connecting my laptop to the router at Port 1 (not the WAN port).