It always fails with a frowning square face right after the "New Firmware Detected" screen. Right now current version V1.0.0.20 and it shows New Version V1.0.1.38 and I've tried choosing both options UPDATE and SKIP and the next screen is always the frowning square face. The url on this screen is routerlogin.net/BRS_index.htm
DumaOS won't install on my XR700 yet it still gives me an ethernet connection with no wifi and a skeleton interface that let's me install images.
I have tried every single image to restore my XR700.
I have tried the tfrp method
I have tried 30-30-30 resetting it
I have tried purchasing gearhead support
I have escalated to Netscape Level 3 support (THEY WON'T REPLY)
I have tried EVERYTHING I've read in these forums.
I'm up against a brick wall here.
I need an out of the box solution
Any ideas?
(The attachment is the frowning square face screenshot I get right after I get my configuration complete during the install process and it goes downhill from here)
I wonder if "Moontoast" here in this forum ever got back on track? I've gone through a very similar experience. This is EXTREMELY frustrating. I expect more from Netgear. I bought a gearhead support package but Netgear Level 3 has stonewalled me. I've been waiting for a week but not one word from them except that Level 2 support says they don't give out timeframes.
Are you accessing it via that link after every reset? If so just go to the usual URL/access using 192.168.1.1 and go through the wizard. If that doesn't work then judging by what you have done and given TFTP is usually a last resort I would say the router appears to be faulty.
I have not tried it and so I cannot guarantee the results. In my opinion the router is faulty and beyond recoverable by anything you've done or anything else I could suggest so nothing to lose by trying.
It took about an hour of starts and stops but I finally excuted nmrpflash and here's what happened in my shell cmd window on Windows 10:
Waiting for Ethernet connection. Advertising NMRP server on net10 ... - Received configuration request from 3c:37:86:0a:78:79. Sending configuration: 10.164.183.252/24. Received upload request: filename 'firmware'. Uploading XR700-V1.0.0.20.img ... Warning: TFTP block rollover. Upload might fail! OK (41138305 b) Waiting for remote to respond. Remote finished. Closing connection. Reboot your device now. Press any key to exit
So I rebooted and reinstalled using routerlogin.net//adv_index.htm and it came up with the same error. So I'm back to square one. I take it I am out of options now.
Strange since the router actually works for ethernet connections it just won't run DumaOS and won't run wifi. And it seems like everyone is out of stock on XR700s, what is the advantage of getting an XR1000 to replace the XR700. The obvious disadvantage is that the XR700 has 6 ethernet ports and the XR1000 has 4 ports. The XR1000 is smaller and doesn't have port aggregation which I had planned to use.
Or should I be looking at another router option altogether? I got the XR700 because it supports Unreal Engine for video conferencing and simulations.. I'm not a gamer although nothing against gaming.
You didn't need to reinstall the firmware via routerlogin, in fact it was better not to, the flash upgraded the firmware for you. What do you mean it supports Unreal Engine exactly? The 1000 is a good choice or the 500 which is a solid router and has been out the longest.
I personally haven't tried this solution myself but I'm not sure I'd expect to see an output from that command.
What's the exact issue you're having? Your Wi-Fi networks aren't broadcasting? What troubleshooting have you attempted thus far that led you to trying this method?
Currently, my xr700 will not broadcast my 2.4 & 5 bands.
In the netgear app, the router cannot be found at all. I've tried hard resetting the router, unplugging completely overnight, I've turned the broadcasting off in advanced wireless settings/reboot/turn on/reboot, I've attempted the telnet method, and I've tried forcing a firmware update via tftp. The tftp method wouldn't connect properly.
I've tried troubleshooting my firewall settings in order to attempt the telnet method again, but now that's not even working.
I'm at loss at this point. The "DumaOS not loaded yet!" message still appears after resetting the router and updating firmware. I've cleared my cache & cookies, tried rebooting and waiting a few minutes.
Just tried 1.0.1.8 and received a message "The CGI program generated an invalid response".
Checking the firmware shows that the current version is 1.0.1.8, so I'm not sure if this is useful or not but I've included the response below. Will begin factory reset.
The error occurred on the router admin page. After uploading the firmware, the response populated the window automatically. I didn't leave the Administration tab.
From my experience, it is the corrupted NVRAM that caused the DumaOS not loaded yet issue. Usually it happens when one upgrades to a new bin. Only resetting the NVRAM by erasing it can fix it. None of the unit resets did anything. For the xr700, you just need the latest bin 1.0.1.20 that still has telnet enabled. Not any of the earlier one. If you cannot get back into telnet, you are hosed. Tftp never worked for me. I hope if the new Duma3 ever comes out, it will have the option to enable telnet, otherwise when issues come up, one is helpless to debug.
You can check your disk file structure (df -k) to find that the overlay volume is corrupted, at 100% capacity. You can check your wireless status by iwconfig. When you issue the erase command, it will come back to tell erasing progress until 100% is done. If you don’t see it, something has gone wrong. Try again. Attached image in the earlier message 22 of this thread showed what exactly was done a year ago to fix it. Good luck, cannot help you any further than what was said before.
