ALFA Network Inc. has published this guide on what to do if your R36A router becomes bricked or unsuable during or after a firmware update. Before following the steps in this article, if your screen is disrupted during a firmware update, such as you get a page not found error, do not power off your R36A or take any action. Instead wait at least 5 minutes and try logging back into the system. On rare occasion, your browser may refresh and show an error during a firmware update but the update is still occuring on the back end and will finish normally. If your R36A continues to be inaccessible though, follow these steps to attempt to recover. Note that the article references installing an older firmware update as that was the latest version at time of publication, but you can use a newer version.