I've got a netgear WGT624 router and just tried to flash it. It went really slow and the router status light stayed on orange, then went to green then orange. I can't find anything on this - but is there anyway I can get it back again?
Router firmware flash gone bad.
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Netgear have a utility for some of their routers to reset it when something like this happens. This is what I had to do with a v1 DG834 after flashing the firmware and it not working.
However I'm not sure if there is one for your model (I don't think there is one for mine either). I had a quick scan of the netgear site and couldn't find one. Someone else might be able to clarify this though.
hth,
aaazza
However I'm not sure if there is one for your model (I don't think there is one for mine either). I had a quick scan of the netgear site and couldn't find one. Someone else might be able to clarify this though.
hth,
aaazza
yup this happened to me with the exact same router there a nuisance to flash i tried a lot of things but nothing brought it back you are going to have to RMA it to netgear and they will simply reflash it or replace it on the other hand my warrenty had run out so i had to buy a new one doh!, i got the wgt634u it has an improved flashing and now i know my router works fine with this i wont be reflashing in a hurry!
I think with many Linksys routers you can use a utility called "TFTP" to force a firmware flash on routers that have died due to dodgy flashes.
I'm not sure but I think that utility may work with other makes of router (obviously it depends on how badly messed up the router is), as I think it just basically pushes the firmware to a specific IP address on your network - and it seems that some routers (Linksys at least) have a "boot block" type bios that isn't affected by normal flashes and allows for recovery via this method (the same as a lot of motherboards now can still accept a firmware update from floppy even if a previous bios update has stopped it booting)
The term i've seen more than a few times to describe routers in this state is "bricked" (because it's little better than a brick at that point?), so maybe a google will help?
I'm not sure but I think that utility may work with other makes of router (obviously it depends on how badly messed up the router is), as I think it just basically pushes the firmware to a specific IP address on your network - and it seems that some routers (Linksys at least) have a "boot block" type bios that isn't affected by normal flashes and allows for recovery via this method (the same as a lot of motherboards now can still accept a firmware update from floppy even if a previous bios update has stopped it booting)
The term i've seen more than a few times to describe routers in this state is "bricked" (because it's little better than a brick at that point?), so maybe a google will help?
