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How to unbrick the Nighthawk R7000 using OS X and TFTP
Hi,
After spending a night on unbricking my R7000 and how I struggled to work with all the manuals out there but none of them actually worked. I thought I should share what actually worked for ...
HOLY COW IT WORKED!!!
nmrpflash worked!!! Switching to a Static IP address and turning my Wifi off did the trick!!
Also, recommend using -vvv to double check when it works. Took me two tries to nail the timing because the router has to finish restarting for the packet transfer to begin before the command times out.
This post was helpful in my quest, since like you mentioned, the TFTP commands listed in all the Windows unbricking guides don't work in macOS Terminal.
For me the method still does not work, because in Step 3, ping returns mostly
Request timeout for icmp_seq xx
without the
ttl=100
Very nice writeup. Should help the MAC only folks out there. I have both in my case and have used both to recover a router. The one Netgear writeup for recovery using tftp suggests using a tftp client that you download. It was created in 2012 and when you download and try to install you get a message that it will not work with the current OS. ;)
Your method does not make use of that. MAC's in my exerience are not as user friendly when trying to recover a router, especially if having to go the serial connection route. With windows I do not have to drop to a terminal window, but do with MAC.
- Moonweasel , I have the same error. Did you figure out how to fix this?
> Moonweasel , I have the same error. [...]
"same" as _what_?
> [...] Did you figure out how to fix this?
"this"? _What_?
Rather than starting your own thread for your own problem, you've
joined a many-months-old thread with thirty-odd postings. Pronouns and
other vague references are approximately useless here.- This is my question/reference, it’s the second reply in this thread:
>For me the method still does not work, because in Step 3, ping returns mostly
Request timeout for icmp_seq xx
without the
ttl=100>>
—- Did you get a solution to the above?
- I have followed the instructions to the letter, as outlined in the first post:
Ran a cable from the computer directly to the first LAN port.
Opened System Preferences/Network and keyed in the following:
Configure IPv4: Manually
IP Address: 192.168.1.10
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: (left blank)
I opened up the terminal and commanded it to the desktop. I opened another window in the terminal and entered “ping 192.168.1.1”.
I get the message Request timeout for icmp_seq (number).
What am I doing wrong or is this proof that the router is toast? Thanks.> What am I doing wrong or is this proof that the router is toast?
It's evidence that the router is not responding as expected. But
you've joined a years-old discussion and provided little information
about your own situation. Starting your own thread for your own problem
might make more sense.> Model: R7000P|Nighthawk AC2300 Smart WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router
Is that your model? Connected to what?
LED indicators? Any other symptoms? Have you done a settings reset?
antinode wrote:> What am I doing wrong or is this proof that the router is toast?
It's evidence that the router is not responding as expected. But
you've joined a years-old discussion and provided little information
about your own situation. Starting your own thread for your own problem
might make more sense.> Model: R7000P|Nighthawk AC2300 Smart WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router
Is that your model? Connected to what?
LED indicators? Any other symptoms? Have you done a settings reset?
I had a friend who is an engineer walk me through the steps as outlined previously again. It's bricked, so I ordered a mesh system from a company that doesn't encourage it's customers to trash their routers via auotmatic updating.
same here mate. Netgear is garbage
