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Nighthawk R7000 power LED stays solid amber
Hi folks - hoping somebody out there can help me revive my old Nighthawk R7000 router. I've had it working flawlessly for years in regular router mode however today I tried to set it up in repeater mode and when the router rebooted itself it never came back up again. I just get a solid amber power LED all the time and I cannot access the router's web interface now on the original IP address (192.168.1.1) or the IP address I set during the repeater mode setup (192.168.1.99). I've tried the reset button several times but it's not helped.
I have also tried uploading the latest firmware using TFTP, as suggested here: https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-do-I-upload-firmware-to-my-NETGEAR-router-using-TFTP-from-the-Microsoft-Windows-Command-Prompt
but of course that didn't work either.
Any suggestions? Ultimately, I'd like to reset it and then set it up in repeater mode.
Hi folks. Thanks for your replies. I did try the "recovery reset" option but that didn't seem to work either. However, what did work for me was the nmrpflash "Netgear Unbrick Utility". This can be found here: https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash
I run Arch Linux at home and nmrpflash can be found in the AUR, so it's a really easy install on Arch with "yay -S nmrpflash" ... and then follow the instructions in the github page linked above.