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Updated/restarted now power light blinks and won't work.
I updated my router firmware for the first time and once it restarted it only came back on with a blinking power light. I tried restarting and even turning off the power but nothing has changed.
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blinking power lights tends to indicate a corrupt firmware issue.
What you can start with is a factory reset. While powered on, push and hold reset for 7-15 seconds. If that doesn't work, then move onto recovering via 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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DLrLQrpaw
and if that doesn't work, you can try using nmrpflash
