Gargoyle Forum

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?

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

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.

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.

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