I am far from a guru, I'm barely a novice. If nothing else, the steps above will help you get some insurance if you have a backup of every single partition on your router while it is working. I really am trying to get to the bottom of the wireless issues / bootloop problems on these two routers. Note: you can exclude mtdblock1 and mtdblock4 if you are concerned with sharing pwd/mac stuff.Ĭome on guys, please someone try to provide the details I requested. Lastly, post the resulting "router_partition_backup.zip" for comparison and make note of Router, firmware revision, etc.
#Netgear r8500 manual zip#
Here are the steps (using working stock firmware please):ġ) Insert a formatted USB stick into usb port and verify it is mountedĢ) Enable telnet by going to and checking telnet boxģ) On computer, open a terminal window and telnet to router: (i.e.-> telnet 192.168.1.1)Ĥ) Then run the following commands via telnet seesion:Įxport usb_stick="$(find /tmp/shares/* | head -n 1)"Ĭat /proc/mtd > $usb_stick/mtdblock_list.txtįor x in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 do cat /dev/mtdblock$x > $usb_stick/mtdblock$x done
Im particularly interested in the MP2 variants of these routers as those are what is affecting most people. I'm diagnosing things and close to the solution to fix these.
Posted: Sun 18:59 Post subject: Bootloop Investigation for Netgear R8300 and R8500 routersĬan a few folks send me mtd dumps from their Netgear stock firmware R8300 and R8500 routers?