Upgrade - Backing up setting.

[TomT]

Hi

I'm going to be upgrading from 374.43_2 (Merlin build) to RT-AC68U_3.0.0.4_376.45_0

Do I need to backup my settings and can I restore them ?

At least back up all my 'Manually Assigned IP around the DHCP list' and Wifi access lists ?

Thanks

 

[RMerlin]

Hi

I'm going to be upgrading from 374.43_2 (Merlin build) to RT-AC68U_3.0.0.4_376.45_0

Do I need to backup my settings and can I restore them ?

At least back up all my 'Manually Assigned IP around the DHCP list' and Wifi access lists ?

Thanks

Just directly flash.

 

[john9527]

I'll let Merlin double check me, but if you are using the jffs partition, I think you need to back that up first as there was a change there.

 

[TomT]

Hi

As far as I'm aware I'm not using it.

I bought the router flashed merlin and have not do anything since..
Apart from port forwarding rule, wifi Mac filtering and dhcp lists.

Thanks

 

[joegreat]

Hi Tom,

I'm going to be upgrading from 374.43_2 (Merlin build) to RT-AC68U_3.0.0.4_376.45_0

Do I need to backup my settings and can I restore them ?

As stated by Merlin: You can simply upgrade from .43 to .45/.47 (lastet version) as the version do not have different hidden settings - no factory reset needed.

At least back up all my 'Manually Assigned IP around the DHCP list' and Wifi access lists ?

But to be prepared for the worst case (factory reset needed) you can backup the user settings to file on an usb drive via a small script.
After upgrade and factory reset in the new version, you can restore the save values with the other part of the two scripts.

Below my examples on how to save (get) and restore (set) NVRAM values - again: do not forget to save the values (and scripts) onto a USB drive or copy them to your PC - otherwiese you will loose them...

After running the NVRAM set script you can check the values and if they are OK you need to execute a 'NVRAM commit' command to store the values permanently.

More details about the backup/restore script can be found here.

With kind regards
Joe

Example get NVRAM script:

#!/bin/sh
nvram get dhcp_staticlist > dhcp_staticlist.txt
#
nvram get wl_maclist_x > wl_maclist_x.txt
nvram get wl_maclist > wl_maclist.txt
#
nvram get wl0_maclist_x > wl0_maclist_x.txt
nvram get wl0_maclist > wl0_maclist.txt
#
nvram get wl1_maclist_x > wl1_maclist_x.txt
nvram get wl1_maclist > wl1_maclist.txt

Example set NVRAM script:

#!/bin/sh
nvram set dhcp_staticlist="`cat dhcp_staticlist.txt`"
#
nvram set wl_maclist_x="`cat wl_maclist_x.txt`"
nvram set wl_maclist="`cat wl_maclist.txt`"
#
nvram set wl0_maclist_x="`cat wl0_maclist_x.txt`"
nvram set wl0_maclist="`cat wl0_maclist.txt`"
#
nvram set wl1_maclist_x="`cat wl1_maclist_x.txt`"
nvram set wl1_maclist="`cat wl1_maclist.txt`"