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I was performing an automatic (from the web...deeply regret trying that now) firmware update to 1.0.3.6 and i saw some sort of memmory error in the browser mid update. Lost connectivity to everything and now my router is stuck in flashy power light mode. Ther was no power loss at any time and I left things sit for quite a while. I tried downloading Tftp2.exe and mannualy flashing the firware after doing a 30-30-30 reset, still no results and tftp says it got no response. My computer is set to 192.168.1.5 and i can ping 192.168.1.1 just fine so its not a connectivity issue. Every once in awhile i see a upgrading flash button that gets part way through than dies.
Where do i go from here.....I need this to start working.
> [...] The tftp software seems to connect (i also verified i could put > a constant ping from my pc) and begins an "updating Flash" progress > bar. It gets to the 50%ish mark then stops. [...]
This may be typical for that TFTP2.EXE program. Have you tried the Windows command-line TFTP program?
2. left router offline; only connected to my pc with the pc static to 192.168.1.5 in order to connect to the router.
3. opened up TFTP2.exe to push the firmware.
4. selected localy downloaded old firmware version 1.0.2.52 set server to 192.168.1.1 and entered default router password "password".
The tftp software seems to connect (i also verified i could put a constant ping from my pc) and begins an "updating Flash" progress bar. It gets to the 50%ish mark then stops. I have it set to re-attempt 5 times. The counter goes up to attempt number 2 and the new progress bar says erasing flash, it never shows any progress and times out after about 30sec. This repeats unitll it hits the 5th attempt. All during which I have a blinking white power light.
> [...] The tftp software seems to connect (i also verified i could put > a constant ping from my pc) and begins an "updating Flash" progress > bar. It gets to the 50%ish mark then stops. [...]
This may be typical for that TFTP2.EXE program. Have you tried the Windows command-line TFTP program?
> The solution was to run things from the command line. Once i turned > TFTP and ran it on win 10 everything went smooth!
Thanks for the update. Glad to hear that you got it working.
Do you think that Netgear might ever figure out what the problem is with that tftp2.exe program, or else stop recommending it? (Too much invested in those "Upgrade Firmware" screenshots?)
