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Nighthawk AX8 Orange Power LED
My Nighthawk AX8 is one month out of warranty, and it seems like it may have self-updated and bricked itself over night (or had some other issue rendering it unusable). I went to bed with everything ...
You can try recovering it via tftp.
are you on windows? if so, follow this guide
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
just make sure you enable tftp
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10
and here's a video walk through.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DLrLQrpaw
and if that doesn't work, you can try using nmrpflash
You can try recovering it via tftp.
are you on windows? if so, follow this guide
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
just make sure you enable tftp
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10
and here's a video walk through.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DLrLQrpaw
and if that doesn't work, you can try using nmrpflash
This seems to have worked! Thank you.
One item of note -- when actually running the command to push the firmware from my PC to the router, the request hung for a few minutes and then said something about failing, but then the router lights changed to white and started blinking. I'm assuming it worked, because the router seems to be working for now.