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R8500
Hi, Good old spectrum just "updated" their system....oh, joy. Their tech who came out said that calls went from 250 a day to 1500 starting 2 months ago with the upgrades, which is when i noticed th...
tried the 30-30-30, when i try logging in, firefox or edge, with 192.168.1.1 it comes up with netgear logo and 404 error not found, moved etc.
however i'm able to ping it using 192.168.1.1, it will send 4 pings and will receive 4 pings no fails.
do routers sometime start going intermittent then lock up on internet traffic but i can still ping?
Might try a TFTP to reload FW on it:
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
Need to press the reset button for 30 seconds then release, then it send to PUT the command and upload the FW.
Make sure you enable tftp: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10
Video walk through using a tftp client. Use the built in one for windows 10 though. the video is more of an example of how its done:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXhMgQS5k1o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DLrLQrpaw
Mac TFTP: https://www.petenetlive.com/KB/Article/0001247
Try nmrpflash:
https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash
If any of this fails, I would presume the router is toast and needs to be replaced.