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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.
I am using a Mac - not Windows. Am I missing something? I checked for the file as instructed by checking the desktop files in the terminal app.
Here is a nice writeup using a MAC. Have used it, it works.
This is the exact same article I followed. I was wondering if I was not unzipping the file correctly when I moved the file from downloads folder to desktop. Googled it and I read that all files download from a web site are unzipped automatically. I can then zip or compress the file if I like. As I stated earleir, everything is fine until I hit type "put R7000......" then it says file not found and I hit the proverbial brick wall.
Am I not saving the file to the desktop correctly? I copy and paste.Perhaps that's my problem, user error.
What is the extension on the file? If memory serves me right it should be .chk. I know this works as have used it.
It is chk. Full file name is R7000-V1.0.9.88_10.2.88.chk I read on another thread this file isn't worth a darn and you have to backtrack to the file named R7000-V1.0.9.42_10.2.44.chk Not sure if there is any truth to that. I may try that shortly. As I said all works according to the original step by step post until I hit the "put R7000-V1...." part in and it says file not found. I am pinging fine, Octet message and binary are all good.
I'm dumbfounded to say the least. I really hate to say this, but I'm sure my router is kaput.
One final note. The power light went from amber to solid white & the LAN port light is solid white as well.