1 nmrp-flash - Netgear Unbrick Utility
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4 This program uses Netgear's [NMRP protocol]
5 (http://www.chubb.wattle.id.au/PeterChubb/nmrp.html)
6 to flash a new firmware image to a compatible device. This utility has been
7 tested with a Netgear EX2700, but is likely to work on many others as well.
11 Connect your Netgear router to your computer using a network cable.
12 Assign a static IP address to your computer (more specifically, to
13 the network card that's plugged into the Netgear router).
15 For this example, we'll assume that your network interface is `eth0`.
16 First, we have to assign a static IP address to our network interface:
19 $ sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2
22 Now we can start `nmrp-flash`. The argument for the `-a` option needs
23 to be a *free* IP address from the same subnet as the one used by your
24 network interface. We'll use `192.168.1.254`. The firmware image file
25 can usually be downloaded directly from Netgear's FTP servers.
28 $ sudo nmrp-flash -i eth0 -a 192.168.1.254 -f EX2700-V1.0.1.8.img
29 Advertising NMRP server on eth0 ... /
30 Received configuration request from XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX.
31 Sending configuration: ip 192.168.1.254, mask 255.255.255.0.
32 Uploading EX2700-V1.0.1.8.img ... OK
33 Waiting for remote to respond.
34 Remote finished. Closing connection.
37 ### Building and installing
39 Linux only for now, sorry!
42 $ make && sudo make install