RED Power Led Orbi RBS40v

[thombe]

Hi all

I had a working RBS40V

however i moved it and now the power led just shows RED (the little light at the back). Normally ofc this would be a greed light to show power to the device.

There is no other sign of life.

I have tried leaving it unplugged for over a week and then powering up with reset button etc...

Nothing seems to have worked.

Any ideas welcomed.

Ben

[plemans]

sounds like you might have a corrupt firmware or boot up issue. 

You can try recoving it with tftp or nmrpflash.  

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 using a tftp client. Use the built in one for windows 10 though. the video is more of an example of how its done. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DLrLQrpaw

and if that doesn't work, you can try using nmrpflash

https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash

[thombe]

Oh you legend... i'll give those a go.

Thanks, i'll report when i can

Ben

[thombe]

Hi, so the first method didn't work, using a static ip address on ethernet, as the device doesn't respond to 168.1.1., so i guess i need to try the other tool

however , idiot here.. not absoutely sure on the method. downloaded the zip, (and installed npcap)

but unclear of method to start nmrpflash as its not a cmd or bat or similar.

how do i "run" it ?

i'm on windows 10 but also have ubuntu dual boot so can do it within linux if its easier

i'm sure you're eyes are rolling at such stupidity but a little idiots guide to start would be greatly appreciated.

thanks again 

ben

[thombe]

ignore my windows questions, i used ubuntu in the end, after compiling

however i think it is dead as i get Advertising NMRP server on enp8s0 (my ethernet)...

then it finally ends.. No response after 60 seconds. Bailing out.

so do i assume then this is a brick ?

[plemans]

tftp can sometimes take a few tries because its sensitive to timing. MIght be worth trying a few times. 

If you can't recover it using tftp/nmrpflash, you might indeed have a brick. 

[thombe]

Well thank  you all for your help here.

I can't seem to make it work, and I can't be sure I have the required skills at this point to resolve it.

Would anyone be interested in this before I get rid of it.  I might stick it on ebay for spares, haven't really decided yet.

But shout if fancy it.

Ben