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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 kryptonix thanks for your step by step instructions, but that did not work for my device, my Macbook is late 2011 and has an ethernet port so i can connect the router throuh the cable , however i have tried the steps thrugh my terminal which showing ttl-64 (not 100) like urs, when i have typed the command tftp>EX6120-V1.0.0.40_1.0.30.chk after a while it replied Request timed out.what elase can i do?
thanks
> [...] when i have typed the command tftp>EX6120-V1.0.0.40_1.0.30.chk
> [...]Presumably, there was a "put" command in there?
> [...] after a while it replied Request timed out.
With my weak psychic powers, I can't see what else you did, but
"Request timed out" suggests that no one is listening at the (invisible)
IP address which you gave to the TFTP client program.The TFTP recovery scheme is a multi-step procedure which offers
multiple opportunities for user input, hence user error. By itself,
saying that you tried it doesn't say much. Especially when
using a command-line program, copy+paste is your friend.> [...] i can connect the router [...]
> Model: EX6120|AC1200 Dual Band WiFi Range Extender
That's your target/failing device? That's not a router.
I don't know that TFTP is supposed to work with an extender, or, if
it did, what the extender's default IP address would be. And you're
connected to it how?> [...] what elase can i do?
Start your own thread for your own problem in some more appropriate
forum?https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/bd-p/home-wifi-range-extenders