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.
8 This utility has been tested with a Netgear EX2700,
9 but is likely to work on many others as well.
13 Connect your Netgear router to your computer using a network cable.
14 Assign a static IP address to your computer (more specifically, to
15 the network card that's plugged into the Netgear router).
17 For this example, we'll assume that your network interface is `eth0`.
18 First, we have to assign a static IP address to our network interface:
21 $ sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2
24 Now we can start `nmrp-flash`. The argument for the `-a` option needs
25 to be a *free* IP address from the same subnet as the one used by your
26 network interface. We'll use `192.168.1.254`. The firmware image file
27 can usually be downloaded directly from Netgear's FTP servers.
30 $ sudo nmrp-flash -i eth0 -a 192.168.1.254 -f EX2700-V1.0.1.8.img
31 Advertising NMRP server on eth0 ... /
32 Received configuration request from XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX.
33 Sending configuration: ip 192.168.1.254, mask 255.255.255.0.
34 Uploading EX2700-V1.0.1.8.img ... OK
35 Waiting for remote to respond.
36 Remote finished. Closing connection.
39 ### Building and installing
42 $ make && sudo make install