Hi All,
Is it possible to have my Router load its last backup on reboot?
In Cisco they work a little different where you need to commit (wr me) every change to saved config and if the config is bad and you lock yourself out you just reboot.
I would love to have the ability to just power cycle and go back to last saved (backed up) config on my Mikrotik aswell.
Has anyone come past a potential boot script or setting which can achieve this?
Safe mode appears to be what you need.
Please note that though the link I provided talks mostly about console, there’s also a “Safe mode” toolbar button in WinBox.
Thank you,
I assume also that if you are about to enter config which may lock you out, schedule a reboot for 10minutes from now so that if as long as the config was entered while in safe mode and the config is bad it will restart and it will not apply?
No, it will not reboot and there will be no fixed time limit.
It just rolls back all changes you made after entering safe mode when the admin connection is dropped.
This is sometimes good because there is no fixed time deadline but the bad thing is that when you can
expect a disconnect (e.g. because you reconfigure a VPN that will break and then reconnect) you cannot
use this feature because it always sees a disconnect and always rolls back the changes.
It always remains necessary to think before you do something stupid…
(including disconnecting after making all changes and forgetting to stop the safe mode first)