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Anders13's avatar
Anders13
Tutor
Dec 19, 2019
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Nighthawk R8000 wont boot after firmware upgrade

Hi!
 
After i upgrade to latest FW from my phone. When the router tried to boot it stays in the boot up.
The power led is orange no amber or nothing solid orange light.
After a few sec the WPS light then all leds turns on. Then it goes back to power led orange.
And nothing more happens. Seems to looping this stage.
 
I i have put cable in port 1 and i dont get any IP from it. on my laptop.
If i set a static ip as 192.168.1.2 and tries to ping the router (192.168.1.1)
i get 1 ping repons thru then is rejected for like 2-3 mins, then 1 ping gets thru.
and cant access the page for it.
 
I can see on the led for port 1 it has some activity.
Have tried to hold the reset button on boot up and 10-15 sec when its on.
But the router wont let me in to it.
 
Is there a another way to get this router back in business?
 
Have tried search this forum for a fix but cant find it. 
here is a exemple from CMD:
 
equest timed out.
Request timed out.
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Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=100
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=100
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
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5 Replies

  • Anders13's avatar
    Anders13
    Tutor
    Dec 19, 2019
    Is the best way to get lucky?
    Put a high retry number and go and pray? :)

    Or should i sit and try to snipe the right time?
    • antinode's avatar
      antinode
      Guru
      Dec 19, 2019

      > After i upgrade to latest FW from my phone. [...]

       

         Which version was "latest"?  Using a wired connection for this might
      be more reliable.

       

      > The power led is orange no amber or nothing solid orange light.

       

         In this context, the difference between "orange" and "amber" is very
         small.

       

      > Is there a another way to get this router back in business?

       

            https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1622096#M102004

       

         I wouldn't bet on anything, but I'd try running the TFTP command at
      different points in the cycle, in the hope of finding the thing in a
      receptive state at some lucky time.

       


      > image.jpg

       

         So, you found some "Upgrade Firmware" program somwehere?  I'd expect
      you to get better control over what happens when, if you used the
      command-line TFTP program.

      • Anders13's avatar
        Anders13
        Tutor
        Dec 20, 2019
        antinode wrote:

        > After i upgrade to latest FW from my phone. [...]

         

           Which version was "latest"?  Using a wired connection for this might
        be more reliable.

         

        1.0.4.46, was the one i tried.

         

        > The power led is orange no amber or nothing solid orange light.

         

           In this context, the difference between "orange" and "amber" is very
           small.

         

        I get you. I will say thats amber :) Solid amber, no flashing.

         

        > Is there a another way to get this router back in business?

         

              https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1622096#M102004

         

           I wouldn't bet on anything, but I'd try running the TFTP command at
        different points in the cycle, in the hope of finding the thing in a
        receptive state at some lucky time.

         

        I tried for like 2hours last night and didnt get lucky. Will try to use a USB-TTL cabel and use the serial connection to see if i can stop the booting process and get the TFTP server to respond.


        > image.jpg

         

           So, you found some "Upgrade Firmware" program somwehere?  I'd expect
        you to get better control over what happens when, if you used the
        command-line TFTP program.

         

        Yea i used TFTP2.exe found on this forum i have the CMD version of it to. Might give it a try!

         

        Thanks for your reply.