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Wifi broken after firmware update
Everything was working fine and I decided to do the firmware update that I was told about via email from Netgear today. Everything went well except now I can turn on the wifi. I have tried every sett...
Did you reset the router to factory settings after the firmware flash?
New firmware sometimes introduces changes that are not compatible with the old configuration.
So a factory reset is the first thing to try if you have problems with new firmware.
First note down the settings – screen grabs can help here.
Having similar issue. Router settings hanging in update mode after new firmware initiated reboot. WiFi still works, but no way to make any additional changes to router settings.
Open CMD and ping the routers IP 198.162.1.1. If you do not get a responce this update killed your router. I also got that message, I also pdated my firmware we it was done it killed my router. Nothing I have tried let me gain acess to change the firmware back. If you do get a responce with a ping then u can get in to revert yuor firmware back to waht it was. If you get no responce from a ping its dead. I wont be buying anymore Netgear routers thats for sure.