I upgraded my R7450 router today to the newest firmware and it bricked. I've tried the TFTTP2 method however this just fails when I try to upload the firmware (tried the newest one and an older one). Any suggestions?

8/17/2019 4:36:02 PM

8/17/2019 4:53:04 PM

probably not what you want to hear, but throw it away and get a gen6 802.11ax router

8/17/2019 7:40:10 PM

Yeah my suggestion is to buy a new router.

8/18/2019 12:40:19 AM

^^^ perfect

I'm not sure debricking is actually a thing

Seems like trying to revive a human from dead.

8/18/2019 1:27:27 AM

How bricked are you?

Did you try holding the reset button in the back for >5 seconds?

Apparently Netgear has solutions via TFTP. Check their support site.

8/19/2019 2:59:23 PM

Yeah I did all that, nada. I ordered a tp link and it’s up and running smoothly

8/19/2019 6:58:38 PM

best way to debrick:

8/20/2019 7:24:02 AM

Kinda sucks because I just bought the damn thing this past November, but the 2.4GHz network kept dropping over the past month so I guess the writing was on the wall. Oh well, should've known better, I've never had good luck with netgear products.

8/20/2019 10:27:51 AM