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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....

it_geek
Jun 07, 2020
Issue has been resolved, please see post #5 of this thread:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/Need-Help-Understanding-what-the-Blinking-LEDs-mean-in-the/m-p/1926398#M160024

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.

it_geek

Guide

Jun 07, 2020

Issue has been resolved, please see post #5 of this thread:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/Need-Help-Understanding-what-the-Blinking-LEDs-mean-in-the/m-p/1926398#M160024