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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.
HI,
thanks youve saved me a lot of headache, after my router suddenly appeared with an unportected LEDE wifi, and was unreachable on all regular addresses. Dont asl, I dont know how this happened.... must have been an interuption of the cable modem setup in the dorm...
all in all I used your guide succesfully to return to the original firmware.
1 addition to be made though: I needed to powerdown the router, and hold the pin, pressing the restore factory settings during powerup, all the way to the green power led blinking.
After that, I uploaded the firmware in 2 seconds !
Might want to add that for reference for other users.
Thanks again1
Thanks for the info.
Glad things are good again. It is a pain to have to do a tftp.
Make sure of two things.
1. Make sure the auto update is turned OFF.
2. Only update the firmware via a PC/MAC Ethernet connected to router and do a manual update.
