Move Configuration

RouterOS Beginner Basics
1

Hi,

I have a Mikrotik hAP ax2 and would like to move its configuration to hAP ax3.

On the hAP ax2 I exported the configuration file using

export file=Microtik

On the hAP ax3 I loaded the same and attempted to import it but ger the following error: expected end of command (line 18 column 49).

This corresponds to:

set [ find default-name=wlan1 ] band=2ghz-b/g/n channel-width=20/40mhz-Ce
country=malta disabled=no frequency=2442 mode=ap-bridge ssid=
wireless-protocol=802.11

Is there a simple way to handle this?

Thanks

2

No simple way.

Exported config depends on packages installed and builds on defaults. But also includes some of default config.

So best chance to apply config from export is to start from no config on “recipient” … and likely there will still be lines which will fail. And if they fail, you’ll have to analyze causes, fix them and proceed from that line forward. Perhaps it’s best to work with blocks of config, spanning single configuration tree branch …

3

I noticed that I do not have the Wireless tab in the Winbox of ax3 and any command related to

/interface wireless

fails

How can I manage this?

4

Are you sure your original device was hAP ax2 snd not hAP ac2? With event of ax devices ROS now includes new wifi driver and config is under /interface/wifi. Older devices ran wireless driver (with config under /interface/wireless) and some ac devices could run either of drivers (with default being old wireless).
Note that configuration of new wifi drivers is completely different than of old wireless … and there were never any attempts to create “config converter” … you have to do it from scratch (and don’t even try to transplant settings between them, they have different feature sets so learn the new one and configure it as if you never had the old one).

5

Thanks for the reply - appreciated.

Had I known this was a full reinstall I would have looked around. Ce la vie.

6

I managed to process the compatible instructions. I remarked the lines that were incompatible so I can now work my way through them.

WiFi is the topic that is pending.

Is there a guide I could follow that helps me to setup WiFi? All searches link to pages and video that relate to the Wireless tab of ac2.

For example, my WiFi Wireless configuration mode was ap_bridge and I can’t seem to find it on the ax3.

Thanks

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Not a guide, but refrence manual for WiFi config: WiFi - RouterOS - MikroTik Documentation