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EX6250 — AC1750 Dual Band WiFi Mesh Extender - Blinking Power Light after Power Failure
My EX6250 range extender has a continuously blinking green power light. This happened last night when a lightning storm knocked out the power for only a second.
The support page says this may happen if a firmware update is interrupted and to contact Support. However, I am unable to open a ticket because my device is past its warranty date.
I tried doing a factory reset and logging in again using Nighthawk, but the software says “unable to join network NETGEAR_EXT,” then “extender not found.”
Any ideas on how I can restore service to the device?
4 Replies
You can try recovering 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/nmrpflashI’ve only used my iPad in connection with Nighthawk. I have a laptop with Windows 7; would that work?
JRasmussen132 wrote:
I have a laptop with Windows 7; would that work?
Of course, yes!
