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Hindie
Jan 09, 2022Follower
AC1750 R6400v2 - blinking orange power light
AC1750 model R6400v2 router: Something went wrong when trying to do firmware update per 1/7/22 email from Netgear. Had blinking orange power LED. Tech said to do factory reset, and we did all the re...
plemans
Jan 09, 2022Guru - Experienced User
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