Saved settings restored only partially?

[Sbfnu]

Hi folks,

Currently I am running 380.68_4. After restoring saved settings on a second AC68U I noticed that some of the saved settings are missing - such as my 5Ghz WiFi (no key), 2.4 GhZ was disabled, my guest WiFi was disabled, and a VPN setting was missing.

Is this a known bug?
According to https://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/changelog it's not.

How to get rid of it - since I don't like to transfer all of my settings by hand?

 

[Striker317]

Hi folks,

Currently I am running 380.68_4. After restoring saved settings on a second AC68U I noticed that some of the saved settings are missing - such as my 5Ghz WiFi (no key), 2.4 GhZ was disabled, my guest WiFi was disabled, and a VPN setting was missing.

Is this a known bug?
According to https://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/changelog it's not.

How to get rid of it - since I don't like to transfer all of my settings by hand?

You’ve probably been done a favour.

You really shouldn’t be restoring settings from one router to another.

 

[octopus]

You cant use saved config between different routers. There is router specific data.

 

[skeal]

Besides there isn't a tool that does this properly anyway!!

 

[Sbfnu]

Did I get that correctly? I cannot save a config on router A and restore it to the very same model router B ??

My idea was that if router A fails I can easily switch over to my backup router B by just restore the save config from router A, replace the defect router A, and then fire router B up.
I did that in the past on several occasions, never had a problem with that. All of it were non-Asuswrt routers, though...

If that is not possible, how to transfer the settings then? Do I have to do that all manually? There is no tool available for it?

 

[elorimer]

Besides there isn't a tool that does this properly anyway!!

I thought this was what migration mode with the nvram backup/restore script was for?

 

[ColinTaylor]

Did I get that correctly? I cannot save a config on router A and restore it to the very same model router B ??

Correct.

There is no tool available for it?

John wrote a utility for it, but check it's compatible with your firmware version.
http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=19521

I thought this was what migration mode with the nvram backup/restore script was for?

Exactly.

 

[Sbfnu]

John wrote a utility for it, but check it's compatible with your firmware version.
http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=19521

Unfortunately, that script cannot handle complex WiFi keys, as discussed at https://www.snbforums.com/threads/user-nvram-save-restore-utility-r26-2.19521/page-38#post-402213