I need to upgrade from 6 to 7, what I should know?

RouterOS General
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I need the feature of 7.2 that enable fast track for vlan-filtering

What should I know, I am using hap ac2.

Any gotcha I should know or thing I should do / prepare before or after the upgrade?

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download the package from www.mikrotik.com (make sure it on same architecture name)

  • drag and drop to the file
  • system reboot y

Once it comes back:

  • system/routerboard/upgrade y

  • system reboot y

  • system enjoy y

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is there any new setting I should enable or disable or change or look at

or I should expect the exact “same” general behavior?

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should expect the exact “same” general behavior?

No.

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Why 7.2 when the last is 7.6 and where you read than on v7 is added the support for fast track for vlan-filtering on hAP ac²?

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Also, that page is quite optimistic. There indeed are several issues in v7 which are not mentioned there.

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What features are you using now?

Perhaps post your sanitized /export hide-sensitive and people will be able to tell you if you are likely to run into problems.

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I said 7 (meaning latest one, sorry I should have been more explicit), I mentioned 7.2 and a specific feature because this is the reason why I need to go to 7

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I have multiple vlan, I upgraded my internet connection and I am capped under my maximum speed because fast track doesnt work with vlan filtering.

I quickly tested with an unused cap ac2 6 vs 7 and with the newest version, I’m getting full speed

if you want some debugging step of the weird issue that I am facing go check https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/722453/367407

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You ask what issues you can expect but that really can only be answered when we know what features you have configured.
In general the following can be said:

  • if possible, partition your device with two partitions and copy the partition before you begin. That allows you to go back without trouble. (not possible with hAP ac2 but maybe you have other devices)
  • do a system routerboard upgrade before you install v7
  • after you have upgraded, export the config and download it (note that this now requires option show-sensitive to be complete, in v6 there was hide-sensitive but it is now the default)
  • reset the config without defaults, connect using MAC address and upload the exported config and import it.

When omitting the export/import step you can test if it works, but several users have eventually encountered problems that can only be solved by taking these steps.
(apparently the conversion somehow corrupts the binary config database)

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good to know, thanks! this is the kind of gotcha I was hoping to see when I created this thread

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home user with multiple vlan using bridge and firewall to control access

a “normal” router usage

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Then you should have no problems using ROS7.

Be careful though with the VLAN settings.
In ROS7 it is best practice to put all VLAN stuff on the bridge. If your device has a supported switch chip, it will use HW offload.
Plenty of material available to see how that should be configured. If you already used that method, it will transfer just fine.

As for pechl’s instructions, if you do see some issues even after applying clean reset and importing, try netinstall.
More invasive but then you’re 200% sure nothing has been carried over from previous version settings.