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EX8000 Power Light Flashing Red

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EX8000 Power Light Flashing Red

Decided to factory reset EX8000 while the power was on (not sure if thats good or not), since I wasnt able to access the internet even if my computer was connected to the EX8000 through ethernet. When I turned it back on Power light was green for a few seconds and then flashes red. I pinged the EX8000 through cmd prompt and I get a reply, however Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms (not sure if this is bad either). Also tried to reinstall the firmware through tf2p2.exe but nothing seems to be working. Do you guys know any other solutions?

Model: EX8000|AC3000 Nighthawk X6S Tri Band WiFi Mesh Extender
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plemans
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Re: EX8000 Power Light Flashing Red

I'd first start with a factory reset. Push and hold reset for 7-15 seconds while its powered on. 

If that doesn't help, then you can try recovering 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

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plemans
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Re: EX8000 Power Light Flashing Red

I'd first start with a factory reset. Push and hold reset for 7-15 seconds while its powered on. 

If that doesn't help, then you can try recovering 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

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eggs4sale
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Re: EX8000 Power Light Flashing Red

Thank you so much, I was following the youtube video first, and thought tftp2 wasnt working, didnt know you suppose to use tftp2 on cmd prompt.

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