nmrpflash/README.md
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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.
In this example, we'll use `192.168.1.2`. All available network interfaces
can be listed using
````
$ nmrp-flash -L
eth0 192.168.1.2 f2:11:a1:02:03:b1
````
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.
````
$ 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 a4:2b:8c:00:00:01.
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
````