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How can I move Mikrotik Router OS setting from one board to

Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:10 am

I want to move the exact setting(all what its in the baord setting and users) from RB450 to RB450G board. What should I do?
 
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Re: How can I move Mikrotik Router OS setting from one board

Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:47 pm

You can use Export command, make necessary changes and then Import it to the other one
 
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Re: How can I move Mikrotik Router OS setting from one board

Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:48 pm

more precisely, I recommend "/export compact file=name" command. "Compact" is important, as it only exports the changes that you made.
 
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Re: How can I move Mikrotik Router OS setting from one board

Thu May 03, 2012 11:08 am

You can use Export command, make necessary changes and then Import it to the other one
what are the necessary changes. Do I need to only change the mac addresses?
 
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Re: How can I move Mikrotik Router OS setting from one board

Thu May 03, 2012 11:13 am

Actually you don't need to do any changes if you run this command instead:
export compact
this command will only export the configuration that you applied yourself. this will work when importing to other routers.
 
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Re: How can I move Mikrotik Router OS setting from one board

Thu May 03, 2012 11:16 am

more precisely, I recommend "/export compact file=name" command. "Compact" is important, as it only exports the changes that you made.
Is the compact file is enough. because I notice that I might not need to change anything but the file size is smaller that the one you get from "/export file=name"
 
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Re: How can I move Mikrotik Router OS setting from one board

Thu May 03, 2012 11:35 am

open the file in a text editor and you will see the difference.

export file=name saves ALL configuration, including RouterOS default values
export compact file=name only saves user applied configuration. it's enough to migrate all config to another device, since the other things are defaults anyway
 
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Re: How can I move Mikrotik Router OS setting from one board

Sun May 27, 2012 3:57 pm

more precisely, I recommend "/export compact file=name" command. "Compact" is important, as it only exports the changes that you made.
and in the other board should I do

/import file=name

or there is /import compact file=name
 
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Re: How can I move Mikrotik Router OS setting from one board

Sun May 27, 2012 4:15 pm

I believe
/import filename=xxx
will do.

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