Clearly NO! Full Router backups (settings save/restore) should not be transferred as MAC-Addresses and Router-ID would be the same and will make problem (especially if the two routers are in the same network)!is it ok to reuse config backup between routers of the same model and running the same version of Merlin firmware? I think that one of the routers might have a port issue and I wanted to swap the routers in the mesh to troubleshoot.
Yeah, I have just proven that to myself The router did not come up properly. Had to configure manually.Clearly NO! Full Router backups (settings save/restore) should not be transferred as MAC-Addresses and Router-ID would be the same and will make problem (especially if the two routers are in the same network)!
And if mac address/router-id saved in the config backup, that would mean it can be configurable, no? Otherwise what's the point storing it in the config? - it wouldn't make sense.Clearly NO! Full Router backups (settings save/restore) should not be transferred as MAC-Addresses and Router-ID would be the same and will make problem (especially if the two routers are in the same network)!
User-Setting CAN be transferred - but the current version of the NVRAM Save/Restore Utility is not adopted o the latest firmware version.
And why?@BosseSwede, that is exactly what you should not do.
The config backup file doesn't selectively backup specific data. It's just a simple dump of the entire nvram partition. As such it contains everything, whether it's needed or not, and whether it's configurable or not.And if mac address/router-id saved in the config backup, that would mean it can be configurable, no? Otherwise what's the point storing it in the config? - it wouldn't make sense.
One thing that will break by doing so is the use of the Asus DDNS service. If you register one using the wrong secret PIN, next time you do a factory default reset you will end up with a different PIN, and will be locked out of your original DDNS hostname.I cannot see anything that went wrong. It is "just working"...
Yes, but a normal factory reset is sufficient. You can do it via the GUI or via the reset button, or use the WPS method.Will a 'hard 'reset' restore things back to where I can start fresh properly? If not, what are my options?
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