Replace AC68U with AC66U_B1

[bbunge]

I have an AC68U at a remote site that seems to have a 2.4 GHZ radio failing. I have an AC66U_B1 that I want to set up in advance for a speedy changeover. Both run Merlin 384.18 and have the same processor, ARM7 rev 0 (v71).
Will I be successful taking backups of the AC68U and applying them to the AC66U_B1? Am not running Entware or anything on a USB.

 

[L&LD]

Do you feel lucky?

I wouldn't suggest doing so myself (a clean install is required when you want something to work), but the NVRAM Save/Restore script does offer that path.

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/release-nvram-save-restore-utility.61722/

 

[adampk17]

I have an AC68U at a remote site that seems to have a 2.4 GHZ radio failing. I have an AC66U_B1 that I want to set up in advance for a speedy changeover. Both run Merlin 384.18 and have the same processor, ARM7 rev 0 (v71).
Will I be successful taking backups of the AC68U and applying them to the AC66U_B1? Am not running Entware or anything on a USB.

The consensus around here is usually “not worth it”. It’ll only save you less than 30 minutes but you’ll always wonder if it would be better if you hadn’t restored from a different model.