I have two identical MikroTik WAP ac routers, with same RouterOS and firmware (6.42.6)
I want to copy configuration from one to another. Simple process, create backup file on one, restore file on another.
But restore create real mess on another router, in wireless settings. Wireless interfaces are disabled and with changed names. Settings in wireless interfaces are mixed up (for example, router identity is set as SSID name). Bridge configuration is not valid because wireless interfaces changed names etc…
Other settings (DHCP, Firewall. Addresses…) are restored just fine.
How to backup / restore configuration on WAP ac?
Thanks!
The configuration backup can be used for backing up MikroTik RouterOS configuration to a binary file, which can be stored on the router or downloaded from it using FTP for future use. The configuration restore can be used for restoring the router’s configuration, exactly as it was at the backup creation moment, from a backup file. > The restoration procedure assumes the cofiguration is restored on the same router, where the backup file was originally created, so it will create partially broken configuration if the hardware has been changed.
Use configuration export instead:
The configuration export can be used for dumping out complete or partial MikroTik RouterOS configuration to the console screen or to a text (script) file, which can be downloaded from the router using FTP protocol. The configuration dumped is actually a batch of commands that add (without removing the existing configuration) the selected configuration to a router. The configuration import facility executes a batch of console commands from a script file.
Also: are you using these devices in the same network? You may want to move your wireless configuration to CAPsMAN and just put the other wAP ac in CAPS client mode.