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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.
Gahhh I was missing the ./ oops
Anyway, tried it and it doesn't work. Both with and without the reset button. I think the router and its very short reboot cycle don't allow it to transfer the file, which is the same problem as I had with tftp. It's funny because I execute it in verbose mode and it seems like it's transferring data out "<< DATA (n)" where n changes every few seconds to n+1. But then it keeps on doing that even after I power the router down, which means it's really not doing anything.
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.
brunomartorella Great job!! Glad we were able to motivate each other :smileyvery-happy: