Jays Homebrew

Sunday, October 05, 2025

Netgear R8000 freshtomato installation

So I just got a R8000 and here are the steps to flash freshtomato. I may be naive to its' hardware issues as these routers are fairly inexpensive on the used marketplaces.

For reference, follow my old steps using R7000. This time around, I have a little bit of a different setup.

Download & unzip the CHK file

Download & unzip the TRX file

After unzipping you should have 2 files:
freshtomato-R8000-K26ARM7-YYYY.REV-initial-64K.chk
freshtomato-R8000-K26ARM7-YYYY.REV-AIO-64K.trx

My SETUP:

My existing network is not on 192.168.1.x so it makes my life easier. I'm also using a USB to ethernet adapter like this. The adapter is not necessary, but I don't have to unplug my existing connection to get this router flashed.

Lan port on R8000 == ethernet cable ==USB to ethernet adapter == Desktop

This is the best that AI can do. lol.

If you don't have a USB to ethernet adapter, just plug your existing ethernet adapter directly into the lan port of the R8000.

R8000 power is OFF
Using a paperclip, hold down the reset button.
Power on R8000, continue to hold the reset button.
Wait 30 seconds, release the reset button.
Open a command window, ping 192.168.1.1.

Wait until it responds. This takes about 3 to 5 minutes.

open a private or incognito browser tab.
Make sure you open a private browsing tab.
http://192.168.1.1/genie_index.htm

9. Select no, then Next

10. Are you sure? OK.

11. admin/password

12. Advanced tab / Administration / Router update.

Browse and select the .CHK file you downloaded earlier.

click upload.

13. Click OK.

14. router is rebooting...

15. ping 192.168.1.1

and wait until it responds.

16. close your current private browser window.

17. open a new private or incognito browser tab.

18. http://192.168.1.1

root/admin

OR: admin/@newdig

ISSUES:

If the ping never responds, with the router on, hold down the reset button for 30 seconds. Wait 3 to 5 minutes, and the router should come back up.

I ran through this process twice and purposely turned off my router after the flash to get it into this state where it would not respond to ping. Holding down the reset button for 30 seconds and waiting got it back up and running. Be patient.

18. Administration / Config / Erase ALL data. OK. OK.

Please wait...

19. Click Continue

20. Admin/upgrade/Browse and select .TRX file you downloaded earlier.

21. OK.

uploading...

CRC OK...rebooting

22. Continue

DONE!

Want to go back to original firmware?
Read the instructions/video here:
https://freshtomato.org/downloads/freshtomato-arm/Netgear%20back%20to%20OFW/

Users have posted older comments with tips and tricks here: R7000 + freshtomato.

Please post a comment below if you have any tips and tricks. Thank you

Monday, December 21, 2020

reference wiring diagram for raspberry pi ip kvm Y splitter usb cable

reference wiring diagram for USB Y splitter for the project:

https://github.com/pikvm/pikvm

Thursday, November 26, 2020

power on off rules for KMC smart switch using tasmota

KMC

These are just my notes on getting the rules to work for me on a KMC 70011 smart switch. The documentation is good, but I wanted to show the steps I used that helped me become familiar with the commands.

https://tasmota.github.io/docs/Commands/

power1 on for 2 sec, then turn off.

backlog Power1 on; Delay 20; Power1 off

power1 on for 10sec, run 3x, then stop (LED wont show status!)

backlog blinkcount 3; blinkTime 100; power blink

power1 on for 13sec, run 1x, then stop

backlog blinkcount 1; pulsetime 113; power1 ON

power1 on for 5sec, run 1x, then stop

backlog blinkcount 1; pulsetime 105; power1 ON

disable pulsetime

pulsetime1 0