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Nighthark X8 AC5300 - Several Blinking Lights (Not working at all)
Hello everyone, I am trying to find some help to fix the problem the router. I've researched everywhere but couldn't find a problem similar to this one. One day it simply stopped working and st...
Finally I had the time to try your recommendations FURRYe38. Unfortunately, it didn't work.
I've tried to use tftp on Windows 10 and 11, and also the nmrpflash through Linux. No luck on any of them.
One thing that I noticed is that ports 1,2, and 3, it doesn't get a stable network connection, they keep connecting and disconnecting. Only ports that get a stable connection are 4, 5, and 6, and they blink white when they do.
No luck also trying using the IP range 192.168.0.x. All the recommendations had the 192.168.1.x.
If you check the video, you will see that the ports 1,2, and 3, keep blinking that amber colour.
Any other ideas?
netgear support might have a clue about the blinking pattern. This probably has an error code with a possible solution in the internal documentation. Could you please help and advise?
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Seems like the router is just bricked.
Support doesn't visit these forums.
Might reach out to a forum moderator as see what your options are:
I see this modem router is on the EoL as well so it maybe beyond any form of help:
