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Slapchop
Nov 20, 2021Aspirant
Nighthawk R7800 looks to be bricked. At my wits end.
I've been trying all morning and afternoon to get my Nighthawk router back online after a bricked firmware update. I have a white light on the power led and it flashes. I'm trying to use TFTP2 with a...
- Nov 21, 2021
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Slapchop
Nov 21, 2021Aspirant
Why TFTP2? You would be better off using the native TFTP in whatever (unknown) operating system you are using.
I tried TFTP orignally and wasnt able to get it to work. I got the same error message as before. No responses from servers I beleive was the message. Like I said in my first post I've been trying everything to try and get this back online. I've put the router into "recovery mode" or at least did those steps. I've gotten a solid orange power led and the standard flashing white led.
plemans
Nov 21, 2021Guru
Did you run the command prompt as an administrator? Right click on it and "run as administrator"
when tftp had issues, what error were you getting? details are key with helping on these