None of the online stuff indicates what a RB450 starts out as.
I have a RB750G and it started preconfigured, does the RB450G also start the same way ?
Does winbox have this preloaded config and loads it ?
Can I save my config file from the 750G and load it into the 450G ?
I’m fairly sure the 450G doesn’t come pre-configured like a 750G does (DHCP client on ether1, DHCP server on ether2, switchchip configured for ether2-5, masquerade on ether1 out, basic firewall rules etc.), though I think it will come with a default IP address of 192.168.88.1 on ether1 and will ask on first start whether to revert that and go to a blank config.
Don’t restore a binary backup file from one router on another router as binary backups are assumed to be restored to the same router only. You can take a “/export” but will want to edit it to take out device specific information such as MAC addresses tied to interfaces. It won’t export quite everything - local users, for example, will not be imported completely as their passwords are hidden from the config.
Excellent advice.. Export…
So I assume i edit the file to remove MAC’s and its some form of txt file…
Hmmm… yea im not sure im smart enough yet to config a blank RouterOS and get it like a 750G starts off. But I can edit a config file and remove hardware specific stuff I think..
Gotta love learning new things…
The 750G is a good platform to learn the basics on.
Im going to go do a export now and look it over.. My new RB450G will ship out tomorrow 
I cant wait !
Yea this looks pretty easy. I just change the MAC’s fot the interfaces and I think a saw a few other places there was a MAC and then import then ?
Obviously I could also just copy paste sections into the terminal.
Any other advice doing a export from a 750G to a 450G ?
It looks like I could just import the whole file unedited and it would simply replace all my MAC’s on my 450 with the ones from the 750..
Oh wait…
“Note that it is impossible to import the whole router configuration using this feature. It can only be used to import a part of configuration (for example, firewall rules) in order to spare you some typing.”
So I just cut up the exported file into sections and import them ? Im not sure i know what all is needed, so I will just import everything that will go ?
Hmmm… this will be a bit annoying..
You can paste a “/export” right in, it doesn’t have to be in section. But like I said, a “/export” script doesn’t contain all the configuration on the router. One thing I know for sure is missing are local users from “/users”. There may be other sections. That’s all the paragraph you posted from the manual means.
Do you mean just paste the contents of the file into the terminal ? or use the import command to import the file after transferring it to the router ?
Thats good that I do not have to import each section
Either way works.