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eierfrucht
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Settings location

Post by eierfrucht »

Dear sirs!

I would love to migrate from 1.6.X to 1.9.1 on a number of routers in my building; however, it's vital that DHCP / FIREWALL / MAC FILTER / QOS rules be preserved (dozens of them) I don't think it's possible by checking "Try to preserve settings" before the upgrade process, so the question is: how do I do it manually? Is it possible to copy some lines from certain files inside the firmware then insert them back into the newer files of updates firmware? If so, which files should I check?

ispyisail
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Re: Settings location

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yes, from command line only

It will take time and unless you have a lot of routers it might be quicker to set each router manually

There are posts on this forum on how to do it.

you could use a small script through "plink"

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgta ... nload.html

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Re: Settings location

Post by tapper »

Hi install winSCP on a windows PC. Log on to your router then look for these files:

/etc/config/dhcp
/etc/config/firewall
/etc/config/qos_gargoyle
/etc/config/network
/etc/config/wireless
/etc/firewall.user
/etc/ethers
/etc/dnsmasq.conf
/etc/hosts
/etc/qos_class_marks

I think this mite work pleas test on just one router first. Take a back up of the router on 1.6.2 first and if it all goes tits up you can just flash back to 1.6.2 and upload the back up. Good luck.
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eierfrucht
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Re: Settings location

Post by eierfrucht »

Thank you! We use Linux so ssh is available right from the command line.

The bad thing is, /etc/config/dhcp does not contain dhcp bindings. And no other file in /etc/config does.

We've got about 120 machines assigned static IPs on the head router, and I don't feel like re-typing all that stuff by hand.

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Re: Settings location

Post by Lantis »

Check /etc/ethers and /etc/hosts as listed above.
You need both files together.
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