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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.
Actually the ethernet cable goes from the computer into one of the four WAN ports. No other network cables should be connected to the router (just power)
Then in the Network Preferences on your Mac, turn off the WiFi, select the Ethernet connection, and change the TCP/IP settings to Manual, and set the following:
IPv4 address: 192.168.0.2
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: leave blank
Then you should be able to ping the router by opening a Terminal window and entering "ping 192.168.0.1" (without quotes)
> I am having similar issues with my router. [...]
You should start your own thread, and provide your own details there.
What, for example, is your "my router"?
> [...] I keep getting server/route errors when running commands.
Not a useful problem description. It does not say what you did. It
does not say what happened when you did it. As usual, showing actual
actions (commands, ...) with their actual results (error messages, LED
indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague descriptions or
interpretations. Copy+paste is your friend.
> Just a ethernet cord should be connected from LAN port to the adapter
> on the Mac? [...]
For data lines, yes. Assuming that "the adapter" is an Ethernet
adapter of some kind. (What's your "the Mac"?)
> [...] Should an ethernet cord also be plugged into the ethernet
> connection in the wall and the power adapter for the router?
Yeah, you need to supply power to your "the router". Once you've
downloaded the firmware kit to your computer, you don't need any kind of
Internet connection to use the TFTP recovery scheme. The non-psychics
in your audience don't know what's behind your "the wall", but, whatever
it might be, you shouldn't need it for this.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1622096
> Actually the ethernet cable goes from the computer into one of the
> four WAN ports. [...]
Not really. These routers have one WAN/Internet Ethernet port, and
multiple (typically four) LAN Ethernet ports.
> [...] set the following:
> IPv4 address: 192.168.0.2
Not really. As explained in those Netgear KB articles cited above,
you do need to Configure IPv4 Manually, but the default LAN IP address
of an R7000 should be "192.168.1.1", so you should set your computer's
Ethernet interface to a similar but different address, like, say,
"192.168.1.10".
Yes, apologies Mollmonroe — my reply should have read:
…the ethernet cable goes from the computer into one of the four LAN ports. No other network cables should be connected to the router (just power)
Then in the Network Preferences on your Mac, turn off the WiFi, select the Ethernet connection, change the TCP/IP settings to Manual, and set the following:
IPv4 address: 192.168.1.2 (or 192.168.1.10, or anything else 192.168.1.x, as long as it's not 192.168.1.1)
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: leave blank
Then you should be able to ping the router by opening a Terminal window and entering "ping 192.168.1.1" (without quotes)