ac68U->ax68U. can I backup and restore?

[loonsailor]

Moving from AC68U to AX68U as my "main" router, and the AC will become either an AiMesh partner or a media gateway - not yet sure which. Can I backup on the AC and restore to the AX, or will that invite chaos? I note that the AX has a new merlin version than the AC.

 

[ColinTaylor]

It won't actually prevent you from doing that. But it's not officially supported (by Asus for stock firmware) and generally regarded as a bad idea because the two routers have completely different hardware and use completely different firmware branches. You may end up with a suboptimal configuration on your new router.

"AiMesh partner or a media gateway" ? I guess you mean "AiMesh node" and "Media Bridge".

 

[loonsailor]

Yes, your terminology is right, mine wrong. I need to get signal to a PoE switch in my garage, and prefer not to run a wire. I'll do the bridge if the signal from the AX is adequate there for a couple of WiFi locks, the node if I need the AC to help out.

 

[drinkingbird]

Yes, your terminology is right, mine wrong. I need to get signal to a PoE switch in my garage, and prefer not to run a wire. I'll do the bridge if the signal from the AX is adequate there for a couple of WiFi locks, the node if I need the AC to help out.

Wasn't this already answered in your other thread?

Can you? Yes. Should you? No.