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hello community, I own a nighthawk r8500, I downloaded the latest firmware update off the website and uploaded the firmware via Ethernet, router login, walked away for about 15 minutes and came back to the router with the amber light on solid, will reboot every couple of seconds, I’ve did quite a bit of searching on other threads and tried the tftp2.exe, which seemed to have worked but after about 45 minutes it goes back to the solid amber light, I also tried the windows tftp, I have windows 7, and it seems it isn’t able to locate the file while trying to put it, help is much appreciated!
> [...] I also tried the windows tftp, I have windows 7, and it seems it > isn't able to locate the file while trying to put it, [...]
"seems"? Actual command? Actual error message? As usual, showing actual actions with their actual results (error messages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague descriptions or interpretations. Copy+paste is your friend.
Which "the file"? Where is the file? What is the current directory?
dir echo %cd%
If the file is not in your current directory, then you can either move the file, change your current directory, or else specify a proper path to the file.
I’ll take screenshots when I get home of my process, I currently have the file in a folder in the desktop. To be honest I’m not to sure how to change my directory or locate it.
> [...] I currently have the file in a folder in the desktop. To be > honest I'm not to sure how to change my directory or locate it.
I'd expect your Command Prompt shell program to start up in your (user-specific) home directory, perhaps something like "C:\Users\fred" (for a user named "fred"). By default, the Command Prompt program displays this directory path in its command prompt string ("C:\Users\fred>").
Your Desktop folder would then be "C:\Users\fred\Desktop". To get there:
cd Desktop
To get to a sub-folder named, say, "Firmware":
cd Firmware
Then a command like the following should work (or, at least, not complain about not finding the specified file):
tftp -i 192.168.1.1 R8500-V1.0.2.130_1.0.99.chk
Alternatively, starting in "C:\Users\fred", specify a path to the file (instead of only its leaf name) in your TFTP command. For example:
should find any number of elementary guides (some better than others, no doubt). There are many details which may or may not affect you, too, such as using quotation marks to cope with space characters in file/directory names. Research as needed.
