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it_geek
Guide
Jan 11, 2020
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Router Unable to Boot, Stuck in Bootloop

Hi all,   I am having trouble with my Netgear Nighthawk X6 R8000 currently.   I have had this router for 5.5 years (since August 8, 2014) and it is currently running on the latest firmware (1.04....
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michaelkenward
Guru
Jan 25, 2020
it_geek wrote:

 

Since there has been very little information available on the lighting state of the routers..

Not sure what you mean by that.

 

Most manuals, including the R8000,have a section called something like "Troubleshoot with the LEDs".

 

Perhaps you mean the stages they go through to get there.

 

The power LED, the important one, is either white (working fine), blinking orange (firmware is bust), or blinking white (in recovery mode).

 

There may be variations on this theme. (At one stage the power LED was green.) But I am sure that the real experts will step in an add their takes on what the disco effects mean.

 

 

it_geek's avatar
it_geek
Guide
Feb 02, 2020

I have checked the manual and accordingly, a corrupt firmware is represented by a blinking white LED - something which I had not seen on the router.

 

In any event, I have opened up a seperate thread detailing the lighting cycle of both NETGEAR routers. Hopefully we can gain new insight as to why the router is stuck in this bootloop, from observing the LED colours.

 

Please view the thread here.