BosseSwede
Regular Contributor
I have had problems with my RT-AC86U router as discussed here.
I was adviced to upgrade the hardware to solve my problem (see above link).
So I have bought an upgrade router: ASUS RT-AX86U Pro
Now I am facing the problem of how to migrate from the old to the new router while keeping all functionality.
The router I am replacing manages my fiber connected summer cottage network.
The cottage LAN is connected to my home LAN which is managed by another ASUS RT-AX86U Pro using the built-in OpenVPN client of the cottage router towards the VPN server on my home LAN (not the home LAN router's OpenVPN server). Routing is set up such that the two LAN sections are basically integrated even though they use different IP address sections. All of my devices "can see" all of the other devices no matter which LAN they live on.
Now my problem is how to go about the transfer....
I have worked my way through the existing router's admin pages and taken screenshots to see the settings in order to replicate them on the new router.
I have my Windows10 laptop attached to the cottage LAN and this is the PC I need to use in order to migrate to the new router.
How can I set up the new router without disrupting the operations on the cottage LAN until it is time to power off the old router and activate the new router?
There are about 10-12 devices running on the cottage LAN and some co-operate with the server back in the home LAN so I have to minimize the time there is a blackout in the system.
I have tried to find a tutorial for this migration but failed.
As far as I understand it is not possible to dump the settings off of the old router and load them back onto the new router, so how are you doing transfers/upgrades like this?
I was adviced to upgrade the hardware to solve my problem (see above link).
So I have bought an upgrade router: ASUS RT-AX86U Pro
Now I am facing the problem of how to migrate from the old to the new router while keeping all functionality.
The router I am replacing manages my fiber connected summer cottage network.
The cottage LAN is connected to my home LAN which is managed by another ASUS RT-AX86U Pro using the built-in OpenVPN client of the cottage router towards the VPN server on my home LAN (not the home LAN router's OpenVPN server). Routing is set up such that the two LAN sections are basically integrated even though they use different IP address sections. All of my devices "can see" all of the other devices no matter which LAN they live on.
Now my problem is how to go about the transfer....
I have worked my way through the existing router's admin pages and taken screenshots to see the settings in order to replicate them on the new router.
I have my Windows10 laptop attached to the cottage LAN and this is the PC I need to use in order to migrate to the new router.
How can I set up the new router without disrupting the operations on the cottage LAN until it is time to power off the old router and activate the new router?
There are about 10-12 devices running on the cottage LAN and some co-operate with the server back in the home LAN so I have to minimize the time there is a blackout in the system.
I have tried to find a tutorial for this migration but failed.
As far as I understand it is not possible to dump the settings off of the old router and load them back onto the new router, so how are you doing transfers/upgrades like this?