Best-practices for replacing ASUS RT-AX86U with ASUS RT-AX86U Pro (=moving everything from the existing router to a replacement one)?

[Rici]

Hi,

Since my current ASUS RT-AX86U starts having Wifi and WAN outages, I like to refresh my router - by replacing my current one with the ASUS RT-AX86U Pro .

How to move all settings (AiMesh, Skynet etc.) best from my current one to my new router?

Any best practices for how to do that best?

Thanks a lot!

 

[Viktor Jaep]

Step 1: Take screenshots of all major screens within the Asus Merlin UI on your RT-AX86U and save them in Word (or other preferred word processing app)
Step 2: Take screenshots of your settings in the critical scripts you are running (like Skynet), and save them in Word
Step 3: (optional) Using a tool like WinSCP, copy the contents of your /jffs/scripts folder over locally, so you have some config files to refer to if needed.
Step 4: Install your new RT-AX86U Pro router & scripts
Step 5: Using your screenshots, set everything back up per your old settings! This literally can be done in under 15mins.
Step 6: Take a step back, get a glass of wine, and pat yourself on the back for yet another successful migration!

 

[Rici]

Thank you!

While I understand that I have to manually configure my new router:

Any way to easily move over my Skynet etc. settings?
Any anything else that's on it.

 

[L&LD]

Sure, there is a possibility to use scripts/code to move some settings. Not really recommended.

Instead of (just) screenshots, I suggest using a text/pdf document to enable copy/pastes too.

 

[calex]

I use the same method, but instead of screenshots, I record the screen and browse through all the settings of the router.

 

[bibikalka]

I use the same method, but instead of screenshots, I record the screen and browse through all the settings of the router.

Another option is to dump all nvram variables :

nvram show | sort > nvram.txt

Then one can fish out a few settings by using grep. For example, customized device names are easiest to transfer via the nvram variable.