Rb540 config to RB450G?

Hardware MikroTik hardware general
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Will this work to clone the config from an RB-450 to an RB-450G?

I have an RB-450 that I’m replacing with an RB-450G. I exported the config and the commented out the following sections:

#/interface ethernet

#/interface ethernet switch

#/interface wireless security-profiles

I commented out the /interface ethernet section because I didn’t want the RB-450G’s MAC addresses to get cloned to the RB-450’s. The other sections contained nothing useful.

I’m going have RouterOS 5.0 on both boxes so the firmware will be the same.

Should importing the RB-450’s config with the above sections commented out work? Is there anything else I have to do or watch out for?

Thanks!
Greg

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That should work.

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Thanks Fewi!

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FYI, there’s another spot further down that needs to be deleted or commented out as well, /system routerboard settings where it specifies the CPU speed. I believe those are different between the 450 and 450G.

Greg

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I did learn that when exporting/importing the config between different boxes such as the RB-750 to RB-750G there are many things in the exported config that are incompatible to be imported, so I ended up exporting specific sections of the setup such as /ip firewall, /queue, /system script, /system scheduler, /ip address, /ip pool. I think in the future I’d do just the bare minimum to get the box accessible via WinBox and then while having access to both boxes via WinBox do the rest of the config section by section.

Greg