After update from backup file, I now get a "Hotspot Login" rather than normal winbox login.

RouterOS General
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Hi,
I have 2 RB1100AH X2 routers. One is my network gateway and the other is a backup in case of a failure of the online unit.

I want to keep them in sync , so if I should ever need to swap them the switchover will be quick. My plan was to run a backup on the online unit and then apply this to the offline unit ever so often.

I ran Backup on the live router, and downloaded it to PC. I then moved to the offline router and did a restore. Now, when I try to log into it I get a Hotspot (powered by MikroTik) login screen (using web browser) and Winbox will also not connect at all.

How can I get past the Hotspot login?

Any help would be appreciated!

Gary

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Backups are intended for a given device, and a given ROS version.

Backups are not interchangeable between devices, no matter if they’re the same models; you should use /export to export the configuration in a device-neutral format (an ascii .rsc file containing all CLI commands to accomplish that configuration), then /import it on the other.