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