Updating to Voxel but bricked Orbi RBR50

[MrBigglesworth]

Now, I tried to be careful, read and follow instructions but think I've bricked by RBR50.

Wanted to upgrade as although I got good speedtests actual streaming performance wasn't great and worse than my free router. Had played with various settings so thought would try Voxel.

Basically, I first downgraded the RBS to RBS50-V2.5.2.4, then the RBR to RBR50-V2.5.2.4. Then installed RBS50-V9.2.5.2.22SF-HW. All worked fine so far.

Then installed RBR50-V9.2.5.2.22SF-HW and it now has got stuck on a slow white fade flashing stage. Can't seem to webadmin into it.

Read about TFTP but can't seem to access the device. I've followed https://kb.netgear.com/000059633/Ho...uter-using-a-TFTP-client-on-Microsoft-Windows but I don't get "Wait for the Power LED to light orange and start flashing" (I'm not actually sure if it means the light on top or on the back next to the Power button".

Any help so hugely appreciated as to what I'm doing wrong or if there is an alternative (I'm a 'basic' user - quite happy to mess around with settings, firmware, bootloaders etc if with instructions and haven't bricked anything yet - so please handle appropriately).

Also wondering if can connect through the USB on the back and what software I might need??

 

[fossil]

Based on my personal experience with R7800 router. Netgear TFTP instructions lack one key step. Btw Netgear TFTP instructions are same for most routers. I mentioned the missing step in bold below. This worked for me you can give it a try.

...
Power off the router. Wait few seconds.
Hold down the reset button/hole with a pin and then power on the router.
Wait for power LED to stop flashing Amber and start flashing White.
Release the reset button.
...

Kamoj also mentioned this step in his FAQ.txt. (Search FAQ For: "How do I use tftp to revive a bricked router")
https://www.voxel-firmware.com/Downloads/Voxel/Kamoj/FAQ.txt

 

[MrBigglesworth]

Thanks very much!

I forgot to mention that I haven't hit the reset button yet and whether I should try that. The reason I haven't is that the instructions for the Voxel firmware say "IMPORTANT NOTE: do not try to reset your RBK to factory default settings (flash the stock version first to perform reset). Reset to default factory settings when you press the "reset" button is disabled."

So I wasn't sure if it was ok to try pressing the reset button.

 

[fossil]

The instructions I mentioned above are taking your router into TFTP mode. You have to keep it pressed and power on. If you are sure it is bricked, then may be worth giving it a shot.

 

[Voxel]

There was something like that (with RBS but the same for RBR):

Voxel - Custom firmware build for Orbi RBK50/RBK53 (RBR50, RBS50) v. 9.2.5.1.19SF-HW

I've upgraded, but still getting the same 200mbps top speeds over WiFi. Wired is fine and getting my full internet connection speed of 550mbps+ at least. procps-ng-top showed nothing out of the ordinary, so it doesn't look like a resource problem with the router. It definitely feels like the...

www.snbforums.com

It should help.

Voxel.

 

[MrBigglesworth]

That's done the trick - thank you very much. Managed to get the netgear firmware back on it and now onto Voxel. Will see how it goes and if its a bit more stable when streaming

 

[qingyu2077777]

That's done the trick - thank you very much. Managed to get the netgear firmware back on it and now onto Voxel. Will see how it goes and if its a bit more stable when streaming

Hello, have you successfully flashed the voxel RBR50 firmware? I have the same problem as you, the satellite flash is successful but the RBR50 fails.I don't know why

 

[MrBigglesworth]

Hello, have you successfully flashed the voxel RBR50 firmware? I have the same problem as you, the satellite flash is successful but the RBR50 fails.I don't know why

Yes I did, just followed the helpful instructions in the links in this thread. All working great at the moment!

 

[qingyu2077777]

Yes I did, just followed the helpful instructions in the links in this thread. All working great at the moment!

I don't know why, I did follow the helpful instructions and it failed many times.Then I tried the TFTP tool to load the firmware V2.5.2.4 to save my RBR50, and then continued to follow the flashing process and tried many times, but all failed.

 

[qingyu2077777]

Yes I did, just followed the helpful instructions in the links in this thread. All working great at the moment!

I made it，I accessed the telnet console, then used the artmtd command to change the country to Australia, and then successfully flashed voxel。

REGION read:
artmtd -r region

REGION wirte:
Usage: artmtd -w region region name
For instance : artmtd -w region AU
The REGION name only is "NA,WW,GR,PR,RU,BZ,IN,KO,JP,AU,CA"

 

[hazardz]

Hi, is this method works on the satellite too?

I think i bricked both by stupidly flash the latest voxel without flashing the RBS50-V2.5.2.4 first. now i can't find both router and satellite.

The mission now is to factory reset to orbi original firmware.