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RBK50 seemingly dead?
I’ve got an RBK50 with three satellites. It’s worked fine for years but tonight it isn’t responding. When I reboot it the ring light never comes on. I tried resetting by inserting a paper clip with...
You can try recoving it with tftp or nmrpflash.
are you on windows? if so, follow this guide
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
just make sure you enable tftp
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10
and here's a video walk through using a tftp client. Use the built in one for windows 10 though. the video is more of an example of how its done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DLrLQrpaw
and if that doesn't work, you can try using nmrpflash
https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash
I appreciate the feedback. I tried both methods. It seems it's too dead even for these low level tools.
./nmrpflash -i en0 -f RBR50-V2.7.3.22.img Advertising NMRP server on en0 ... | No response after 60 seconds. Bailing out.
I guess I have to go buy a new router.
Sometimes it can take a few tries to get the timing right.
Another thing you can try doing is swap the power supply from the router with a satellite. Maybe its going bad and not supplying enough power to boot the router.