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I rolled back to 1.0.5.28 (just picked at random) then disconnedted the power for 5-10 minutes, and the ports worked again.
Then flashed to 1.0.5.38 again and all is well... Not sure where the change happened, or what didn't get set/reset in .38, but rolling back solved it for me.
I had the exact same issue after updating to v1.0.5.38. All ethernet ports just flash. Can't seem to reset to factory defaults either, and I had my wifi radios all turned off as I was using as just a router/firewall and so at the moment, its totally bricked for me. Interestingly it took about 8 hours after the firmware update for the device to fail. In my case, besides the disabled wifi radios on all bands, I had LAG enabled. Otherwise very vanilla. Any workarounds? Were you able to factory reset to recover?
Update. I factory reset and rolled back to 1.0.5.36, and ethernet ports still won't function, just flashes. 1.0.5.38 appears to have bricked the ethernet ports permanently. Wifi still works, which for me is useless since I only now use the R9000 as a router and swtich. Thoughts?
Update. I factory reset and rolled back to 1.0.5.36, and ethernet ports still won't function, just flashes. 1.0.5.38 appears to have bricked the ethernet ports permanently. Wifi still works, which for me is useless since I only now use the R9000 as a router and swtich. Thoughts?
I rolled back to 1.0.5.28 (just picked at random) then disconnedted the power for 5-10 minutes, and the ports worked again.
Then flashed to 1.0.5.38 again and all is well... Not sure where the change happened, or what didn't get set/reset in .38, but rolling back solved it for me.
Ok. I would recommend, next FW update, use a different browser, MS Edge or Firefox. I've seen odd things happen when Chrome is used. I don't personally use Chrome for any FW udpates. I also do a complete power OFF of a router by pulling the power adapter after new FW is loaded then back ON. Usually 1 minute is good.
My R9000 w/ 1.0.5.38 Ethernet ports are working too now. Coincidently when I updated the firmwae, turned out that concurrently, my Dell Hub Ethernet port (or flaky driver) sporatically fails in a way that takes out the switch. I'm investingating w/ Dell, but in meantime, 1.0.5.38 works too for me.
Now that you mention it, when I had my issues with the .38 FW, two of switches (unmanaged Netgear) also stopped working, but worked again when the FW was re-flashed, and the router started working again.
One suggestion that users should keep in mind, you might disconnect all external switches and wired devices from the router, accept for 1 wired PC prior to FW updating. Might help in some of these odd cases.
