Router migration with backup
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 7:50 pm
Gargoylers,
I installed Gargoyle 1.11.0 onto a Netgear WNDR3700v2 a while ago and have steadily gotten it working quite well. Now, I recently obtained a Linksys WRT1900AC (which also now has Gargoyle 1.11.0 installed upon it), and I wish to migrate my configuration from the Netgear to the Linksys.
Of course my first step was to take a backup of the Netgear configuration and save it to my laptop. However, I would imagine there are certain things I'd want to change before I restore it to the new router (for example, the router hostname), amongst other things too (none else come to mind instantly, but I am sure there are some).
The Netgear had a number of plugins added, would I need to add them to the Linksys before I did the restore of the configuration or after restoring the configuration? Or would restoring the configuration also restore the plugins?
DHCP (30 to 35 static IPs) would be the biggest thing I do not wish to recreate, but OpenVPN configuration, SSH keys, etc... are all other things I do not wish to regenerate either.
Any suggestions and comments would be well appreciated!
Stuart, N3GWG
Computer Scientist
I installed Gargoyle 1.11.0 onto a Netgear WNDR3700v2 a while ago and have steadily gotten it working quite well. Now, I recently obtained a Linksys WRT1900AC (which also now has Gargoyle 1.11.0 installed upon it), and I wish to migrate my configuration from the Netgear to the Linksys.
Of course my first step was to take a backup of the Netgear configuration and save it to my laptop. However, I would imagine there are certain things I'd want to change before I restore it to the new router (for example, the router hostname), amongst other things too (none else come to mind instantly, but I am sure there are some).
The Netgear had a number of plugins added, would I need to add them to the Linksys before I did the restore of the configuration or after restoring the configuration? Or would restoring the configuration also restore the plugins?
DHCP (30 to 35 static IPs) would be the biggest thing I do not wish to recreate, but OpenVPN configuration, SSH keys, etc... are all other things I do not wish to regenerate either.
Any suggestions and comments would be well appreciated!
Stuart, N3GWG
Computer Scientist