i have several identically configured RB433AH routers, each with a single wireless R52HN wireless adapter.
Using winbox i select the files menu and then execute a backup request.
Using winbox i transfer that backup file to another RB433AH w/R52HN hardware (same configuraiton)
i then use this backup file to restore the configuration on the 2nd (target) unit.
Almost all of the configuration is restored on this target system except (notably) for the configuration of the R52HN wireless adapter
Is this to be expected? I expected all of the configuraiton to be restored.
If all config is not restored, what other configuration items will not be restored?
If all should be restored, any suggestions to determine why this portion of the backup is not restored?
Backup creates a binary file that is meant to only work on the router it came from. Uploading it and using it on another router will often make a partially broken configuration.
The better way to make backups and give configurations to other routers is via the /export command. It does have the drawback however of you needing to delete router specific information by a text editor, such as MAC addresses on an interface.
Thanks much. I will give loading /export output a try. I had read just the opposite elsewhere (use backup and not /export output), but that must have been in error. Are the other items you are aware of in addition to MAC addresses that must be deleted?
thanks again.
MAC addresses are the main ones. It all depends on what you are configuring on each board really, and you want to use roughly the same OS version for the export and import as syntax can change. Another example might be PPP settings if you are using those and what different settings for each board.