Restoring settings on same hardware crashes Gargoyle?

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Dr. Crash
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Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:04 pm

Restoring settings on same hardware crashes Gargoyle?

Post by Dr. Crash »

Hi,

I had just installed Gargoyle 1.5.9 on a WDR3600 when I wanted to install it on a different WDR3600. The hardware was identical, with of course different serial numbers but same version etc.

I backed settings up on my Gargoyle router. Then I uploaded Gargoyle 1.5.9 on the other router, rebooted, and went to restore my settings on that new router. At that point the router seemed bricked. I would get an IP in the 169.* net even though my config was 10.0.1.* and Gargoyle's default obviously is 192.168.1.*.

I thankfully managed to get the new router to answer pings using the "reboot and hit the reset button like a maniac" trick, and was then able to telnet, run "firstboot" and get back on my feet. Needless to say, I am now duplicating my configuration by hand...

I can understand why restoring configuration across routers might be bad (though no one would expect it given the lack of warning on the backup/restore page), especially given all the files tarred up in a backup. But across the VERY same hardware? What can be saved there that would make this fail?

I am not really willing to try a backup/restore on the same router to see if that's a bug there... I need that router (I should have gotten too at $39 each maybe... so I could help test), but I can contribute a list of files backed up and if needed my tarball.

P.S.: list of files backed up:


etc/passwd
etc/shadow
etc/config/
etc/config/ddns_gargoyle
etc/config/dhcp
etc/config/dropbear
etc/config/firewall
etc/config/gargoyle
etc/config/httpd_gargoyle
etc/config/nfsd
etc/config/openvpn
etc/config/openvpn_gargoyle
etc/config/p910nd
etc/config/qos_gargoyle
etc/config/samba
etc/config/share_users
etc/config/system
etc/config/tor
etc/config/upnpd
etc/config/vsftpd
etc/config/webmon_gargoyle
etc/config/wol
etc/config/ubootenv
etc/config/network
etc/config/wireless
etc/rc.d/
../init.d/portmap
../init.d/dropbear
../init.d/nfsd
../init.d/network
../init.d/boot
../init.d/umount
../init.d/defconfig
../init.d/boot
../init.d/ubus
../init.d/portmap
../init.d/network
../init.d/share_users
../init.d/time_backup
../init.d/set_kernel_timezone
../init.d/usb
../init.d/sysntpd
../init.d/firewall
../init.d/gargoyle_themes
../init.d/cron
../init.d/dropbear
../init.d/p910nd
../init.d/qos_gargoyle
../init.d/telnet
../init.d/httpd_gargoyle
../init.d/bwmon_gargoyle
../init.d/usb_storage
../init.d/dnsmasq
../init.d/nfsd
../init.d/samba
../init.d/wol
../init.d/tor
../init.d/ddns_gargoyle
../init.d/vsftpd
../init.d/done
../init.d/openvpn
../init.d/led
../init.d/watchdog
../init.d/sysctl
/tmp/TZ
etc/firewall.user
etc/ethers
etc/hosts
etc/crontabs/
etc/crontabs/root
etc/dropbear/
etc/dropbear/dropbear_dss_host_key
etc/dropbear/dropbear_rsa_host_key
tmp/data/
tmp/data/bwmon/
tmp/data/bwmon/qos3-down-dclass_4-hour-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos2-down-dclass_4-900-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos1-down-dclass_4-minute-15.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos3-down-dclass_3-hour-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos2-down-dclass_3-900-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos1-down-dclass_3-minute-15.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos3-down-dclass_2-hour-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos2-down-dclass_2-900-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos1-down-dclass_2-minute-15.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos3-down-dclass_1-hour-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos2-down-dclass_1-900-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos1-down-dclass_1-minute-15.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos3-up-uclass_4-hour-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos2-up-uclass_4-900-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos1-up-uclass_4-minute-15.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos3-up-uclass_3-hour-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos2-up-uclass_3-900-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos1-up-uclass_3-minute-15.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos3-up-uclass_2-hour-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos2-up-uclass_2-900-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos1-up-uclass_2-minute-15.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos3-up-uclass_1-hour-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos2-up-uclass_1-900-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/qos1-up-uclass_1-minute-15.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/bdist3-upload-hour-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/bdist3-download-hour-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/total3-upload-180-479.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/total3-download-180-479.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/bdist2-upload-900-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/bdist2-download-900-24.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/total2-upload-minute-359.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/total2-download-minute-359.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/bdist1-upload-minute-15.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/bdist1-download-minute-15.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/total1-upload-2-449.bw
tmp/data/bwmon/total1-download-2-449.bw
usr/data/
usr/data/bwmon/
usr/data/bwmon/qos4-up-uclass_2-day-31.bw
usr/data/bwmon/qos4-down-dclass_1-day-31.bw
usr/data/bwmon/bdist5-download-month-12.bw
usr/data/bwmon/qos5-down-dclass_4-month-12.bw
usr/data/bwmon/total5-upload-day-365.bw
usr/data/bwmon/qos4-up-uclass_1-day-31.bw
usr/data/bwmon/bdist5-upload-month-12.bw
usr/data/bwmon/total5-download-day-365.bw
usr/data/bwmon/total4-upload-7200-359.bw
usr/data/bwmon/total4-download-7200-359.bw
usr/data/bwmon/qos5-up-uclass_1-month-12.bw
usr/data/bwmon/bdist4-upload-day-31.bw
usr/data/bwmon/qos5-up-uclass_2-month-12.bw
usr/data/bwmon/qos4-down-dclass_4-day-31.bw
usr/data/bwmon/qos5-down-dclass_1-month-12.bw
usr/data/bwmon/qos4-up-uclass_4-day-31.bw
usr/data/bwmon/qos5-up-uclass_3-month-12.bw
usr/data/bwmon/qos4-down-dclass_3-day-31.bw
usr/data/bwmon/bdist4-download-day-31.bw
usr/data/bwmon/qos5-down-dclass_2-month-12.bw
usr/data/bwmon/qos4-up-uclass_3-day-31.bw
usr/data/bwmon/qos5-up-uclass_4-month-12.bw
usr/data/bwmon/qos4-down-dclass_2-day-31.bw
usr/data/bwmon/qos5-down-dclass_3-month-12.bw
usr/data/quotas/
usr/data/time_backup

Fpepinnt
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Re: Restoring settings on same hardware crashes Gargoyle?

Post by Fpepinnt »

backup and restoring, even on the same router, with Gargoyle, is still giving me random connection problems 6 years after you , pfff ;)

... there is something seriously wrong with the backup system.

Lantis
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Re: Restoring settings on same hardware crashes Gargoyle?

Post by Lantis »

It's a convenience, not a guarantee.

Please feel free (anyone) to look at it and make it better.
http://lantisproject.com/downloads/gargoyle_ispyisail.php for the latest releases
Please be respectful when posting. I do this in my free time on a volunteer basis.

RomanHK
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Re: Restoring settings on same hardware crashes Gargoyle?

Post by RomanHK »

Fpepinnt wrote:backup and restoring, even on the same router, with Gargoyle, is still giving me random connection problems 6 years after you , pfff ;)

... there is something seriously wrong with the backup system.
Try to compare the differences in /etc/config/network. Here are the LAN and WAN IP addresses and switch settings.

The only thing that can be different is the IPV6 prefix value ula_prefix.
Turris Omnia with OpenWrt 21.02 - Tested
Linksys WRT3200ACM with Gargoyle 1.13.x
TL-WR1043ND v2 with Gargoyle 1.10.0

http://gargoyle.romanhk.cz custom builds by gargoyle users

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