Unable to get extender working

[ians1711]

Was having intermittent problems connecting - kept saying connected but no internet, client link led was red.

Logged on to IP address and was able to connect - screen said that an update was available - I started the update process. Since then I haven't been able to connect.

When I plug the extender in now the Power LED starts amber and then blinks green. If I press the WPS button and try to connect to my Virgin Media Hub 3.0 nothing happens - no more lights on the extender, and the power light continues to blink green. Have tried doing factory reset but no change.

[plemans · Accepted solution]

You might have corrupted the firmware duing the update. You can try recovering it via 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. 

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

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

https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash

[plemans · Accepted solution]

You might have corrupted the firmware duing the update. You can try recovering it via 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. 

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

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

https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash

[ians1711]

Awesome - now have a working WiFi extender again. Thanks

[plemans]

Glad to hear you got it working!