Does this exist at Draytek? If not why not?

We have some EOL Draytek routers that we would like to get the configuration from in the form of a backup, so we can document settings and then apply these settings to a newer model.

I know you can restore a backup from say a 2862 to a 2865, but what is the easiest way to get settings from a 8 year old 2830 with 8 years worth of settings (VPN users etc) to a newer 2865?

TIA!

Great idea, I second that motion.

craigski wrote:
Does this exist at Draytek? If not why not?

mike.smith wrote:
Great idea, I second that motion.

The config. files for the AP903 and AP802 Access Points are just plain text. Maybe it's the future :?: :wink:

craigski wrote:
I know you can restore a backup from say a 2862 to a 2865, but what is the easiest way to get settings from a 8 year old 2830 with 8 years worth of settings (VPN users etc) to a newer 2865?

You can explore the Telnet commands ...

On the 2830, for example,

"vpn list" - shows all LAN_to_LAN profiles,
"vpn list n in" and "vpn list n out" - shows details including PSK and passwords.

"vpn dinset" does something similar for Dial-up Users.

craigski wrote:
Does this exist at Draytek? If not why not?

Because the configs are binary, stored in mapped memory, not an interpreted text config.

But that doesn't preclude exporting them to a human readable format (just like they do for the AP802/AP903). It just means the import routine has to be a bit more robust. (Garbage-In, Garbage-out and all that - or its modern version: "An unexpected error occurred, please try later" :wink: )

I wish there was such a tool as well.
I want to migrate from a 2920 to a 2927, but there is no way to import the old cfg.
Now I need to browse through all the menu options and make screenshots. Nat exactly very convenient.