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czesiodestrukto
Aspirant
Nov 25, 2020

Netgear ac1750 / R6400v2 the power LED will flash red once

Hello, I got a netgear AC1750 / R6400v2 router from a friend that was only behind him. After trying to start, I noticed that there was no reaction except the power LED blinking red (only once, about a...
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 26, 2020

If you can't ping it, can't get it into recovery mode, you might be SOL. 

 

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czesiodestrukto
Aspirant
Nov 26, 2020
Am I to understand there is no hope for him anymore?
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    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Nov 26, 2020

    Unless you're comfortable soldering a serial port onto it but thats probably not worth the effort. 

    And it'd only help if it was a firmware issue and not a hardware failure issue. 

    https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Serial_Recovery