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Router now working. My mistake - in the TFTP command I was using 192.168.1.10 instead of 192.1668.1.1. Many thanks to all for your expert assistance!
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Re: Firmware update failed - router not working now
> [...] the power led light is blinking Amber. [...]
You may be a candidate for the TFTP recovery scheme. See, for
example:
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Re: Firmware update failed - router not working now
I have tried your solution but when I do the actaul TFTP command - I get the error message: "Timeout occurred - Connect request failed". I can ping 192.168.1.10 successfully but the TFTP command doesn't seem to be working. Any ideas? Many thanks!
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Re: Firmware update failed - router not working now
Greetings,
Both @antinode and @michaelkenward have provided excellent information.
Please post the TFTP command you are running. Please complete with the information applicable to your environment.
tftp -i [router IP] put [firmware filename].[file format].
Besides proper execution, TFTP reflash also depends on timing. There is only an extremely brief window of opportunity after the router has been statrted when the TFTP command must be executed. If you miss this, you have to start over.
To familiarize yourself with this "window" open a command promt and type
>ping [IP Address of Router] -t
then press enter
What you will see...
A continious list of ping requests to the router... they should show fail
Now restart the router, paying attention to the winodw. fail, fail, fail.... reply, reply, reply... fail, fail, fail..
It is during that brief moment (reply) when you must press enter and execute the TFTP command. It might be helpful to have 2 command prompt windows open... having the second one with the command poised to "go" when you press enter.
Let us know if this helps.
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Re: Firmware update failed - router not working now
@bjtjaden wrote:
I have tried your solution but when I do the actaul TFTP command - I get the error message: "Timeout occurred - Connect request failed".
Is that the actual error message?
As @shadowsports says the exact details are important.
One common issue is that people do not put the firmware that they are trying to write to the router in a directory where TFTP can see it.
In the folder where you are running things like "ping", do a "dir".
dir:
If you don't see the firmware, then it won't work unless you feed the path into the "put" command that @shadowsports described.
In other words, the [firmware filename].[file format]
can also include the path to get at the firmware:
[path]\[firmware filename].[file format]
but it is easiest simply to copy the firmware to the folder you are working in.
Windows will usually put you in the current user directory:
C:\Users\[username]>
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Router now working. My mistake - in the TFTP command I was using 192.168.1.10 instead of 192.1668.1.1. Many thanks to all for your expert assistance!
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Re: Firmware update failed - router not working now
That's good.
192.168.1.1
is the default for most Netgear routers.
It uses 192.168.0.1 for DSL modem/routers.
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Re: Firmware update failed - router not working now
I have tried everything nothing will communicated with the router firmware 1.0.9.88 update hung my router and nothing I do will help.
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Re: Firmware update failed - router not working now
@Tiscoj wrote:
I have tried everything nothing will communicated with the router firmware 1.0.9.88 update hung my router and nothing I do will help.
While I did suggest that you look at this conversation, it wasn't meant to divert you to here.
Stick with your original discussion:
Re: how to recover from failed firmware update - NETGEAR Communities
But do so with more information.
I'm afraid that "I have tried everything" tells us nothing. You may have a very different idea of what "everything" entails.
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