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Netgear Orbi Satellite RBS50 bricked after update. Trying to TFTP to upload firmware. No Luck
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Netgear Orbi Satellite RBS50 bricked after update. Trying to TFTP to upload firmware. No Luck
I have 2 Orbi RBS50 satellites that are bricked and I have been trying to use various ways of TFTP to upload the firmware to them and nothing is working. I have tried Tftpd64, the Windows command prompt, and nmrpflash with no success.
The satellite blinks a white light 20 times when turned on before it starts to pulsate a white light (this continues forever). I have tested when the orbi satellite pings for 192.168.1.1 and it is on the 3rd blinking white light so I know exactly when to try to push the firmware. I even saw a post where someone said you have to have an earlier firmware for it to work and I tried the firmware ending in 104. I tried using a network switch as well because while trying to push the firmware it doesn't show connected in windows via ethernet until after the 18th-ish blink of light. The network switch should theoretically keep the connection the whole time which it seems as though it did but it still didn't work. I have tried at different times as well. I actually tried at every interval of the white blinking light with all 3 methods listed above.
If anyone had any ways of getting it to work I would appreciate it. Mostly looking for people that have actually got a satellite working again. The routers are easier for some reason.
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Re: Netgear Orbi Satellite RBS50 bricked after update. Trying to TFTP to upload firmware. No Luck
You happen to try a 30-30-30 reset prior to trying any TFTP methods?
Try nmrpflash:
https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash
Review some of these and see if they may help:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/R8000P-V1-4-1-50-Update-workaround/m-p/22488...
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Orbi-RBR50-seems-stuck-in-boot-loop/m-p/2010016/highlight/true...
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Is-my-13-month-old-RBR50-bricked/m-p/2011090/highlight/true#M1...
https://www.snbforums.com/threads/custom-firmware-build-for-orbi-rbk50-rbk53-rbr50-rbs50-v-9-2-5-1-1...
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Is-my-13-month-old-RBR50-bricked/td-p/2009904/jump-to/first-un...
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi-Wi-Fi-5-AC-and-Orbi-with/ORBI-RBR50v2-bricked-Solved/m-p/23380...
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Re: Netgear Orbi Satellite RBS50 bricked after update. Trying to TFTP to upload firmware. No Luck
I have tried the 30-30-30 hard reset but it did not work.
My next option is to try the serial way which is the second forum post you tagged.
I will look through the other posts you tagged and see if anything helps.
Thanks for the input.
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Re: Netgear Orbi Satellite RBS50 bricked after update. Trying to TFTP to upload firmware. No Luck
Let us know how it goes.
Good Luck.
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