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D8500 died, was working fine. Now not so much.
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D8500 died, was working fine. Now not so much.
This thing is a piece of garbage. We spent a ridiculous amount on it. Only to have it completely die after 5 months? (hopefully not). We bought it in October.
It's for our business, I wasn't in when it died but i have the following details;
It didn't do anything strange supposedly before it died, was running as normal.
Red power light comes on, then it appears to try and reboot constantly.
Cannot login via Genie, IP address or any other means.
HAve tested net on other routers, works perfectly.
Have rebooted, unplugged, reset.
Any Ideas?
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Re: D8500 died, was working fine. Now not so much.
Could be the firmware has problem not sure if you could use a serial cable to reflash the firmware.
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Re: D8500 died, was working fine. Now not so much.
Sorry, I'm a little new to these routers, how might one reflash the firmware?
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Re: D8500 died, was working fine. Now not so much.
There is a manual for the D8500 somewhere at the end of this link:
>>>> D8500 | Product | Support | NETGEAR <<<<
The Release Notes explain what to do:
D8500 Firmware Version 1.0.3.39 | Answer | NETGEAR Support
Then there is this:
How do I manually upgrade firmware to my NETGEAR router? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
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Re: D8500 died, was working fine. Now not so much.
Stick with the Nighthawk X6's those are built like a tank.
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Re: D8500 died, was working fine. Now not so much.
Yes, sadly we are realising this after 5 months of ownership. Hunk of s h i t.
When it works, it's great....
Also, Netgear support is probably one of the worst support systems I've ever encountered for electronic goods in my life, the guy tried to tell me because my tech support of 90 days expired he couldn't help me, I nearly lost it at him, it's got a 12 month warranty. You cannot expect me to pay for further tech support just to use my 12 month warranty. Thankfully he finally twigged and started the RMA process.
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Re: D8500 died, was working fine. Now not so much.
Thanks for the options, sadly it keeps rebooting before I can complete any of the steps.
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Re: D8500 died, was working fine. Now not so much.
Hello YF-IT-Manager
I have sent you a PM.
DarrenM
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Re: D8500 died, was working fine. Now not so much.
In the end it was replaced under RMA. At last.
At least I can switch Mu-mimo on with this new one....
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