I am trying to move the config from a 493 to an 1100AHx2. I do a compact export from the 493 then an Import on the 1100 and it fails. I know it has something to do with the Ethernet Interfaces, it doesn’t like the order or name or something. If I open the export and just paste the Ethernet Interface part of the export into the Terminal of the 1100 it really messes up the interfaces it makes duplicates and some go away and lots of weirdness.
What am I missing, is there a step that I need to do in between to tell it port 1 on the 493 is port 1 on the 1100 and so on?
First, make sure both routers are running the same RouterOS version. Exporting a script from one version to another can be a problem in itself
You could try and edit the /interface ethernet part of the script to make the ports match up, but because the number of ports is different between the two routers, and the port order is also different, this could take longer than just using the script for reference and manually configuring the ethernet ports on the RB1100. That is what I would do…
Then I would go through each section of the script, copy / paste it into the terminal in Winbox and check settings to make sure they were applied correctly. That way, you can easily verify them step-by-step and use the Undo button to revert bad changes.
