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Aspirant

Dec 27, 2020

I have a Nighthawk R6230 router. After I did the software update for it today, it died.

OK, after I installed the update for my router today, it basically bricked it. It doe's not give a WIFI signal anymore. in fact the power light doesn't even stay lit. I tried doing a factory reset an...

Bingman111

Guide

Dec 31, 2020

Exact same issue. After performing the firmware upgrade (from 104 to 106, I believe) the router shut off and never rebooted. The picture shows how the router looks. After 30/30/30 reset the two lights I circled will flash.

I powered the router off, powered the internet modem off, waited 3 minutes and turned the internet modem back on. After another 5 minutes I turned the router back on. At that point the router goes back to the single light on as in the picture, same as after the firmware update.

The router is approx. 18 months old so Netgear won't help me. It seems you can buy their equipment, but if there are issues down the line you must pay them to help you get the problem fixed. Real useful! I'm worried I need a new router now, since the warranty expired. They won't even troubleshoot, I doubt they will replace it.

Any help please?

plemans

Guru - Experienced User

Dec 31, 2020

You can try recovering it using 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

https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash

If those don't help, try starting your own thread so we don't get your info confused with the OP's.