Manually movnig a configuration - Needed?

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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I suspect a hardware problem on an EA7500, and would like to move to another hardware platform, likely with the same version, 23.05. if the hardware is different, can/should I

  1. Restore a backup from the old router to save the configuration
  2. Manually copy config files to the new router:
 /etc/config/network
/etc/config/wireless
/etc/config/dhcp
/etc/config/firewall
/etc/config/openvpn

What else might I be missing for a manual move?

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You can see what a standard backup would keep if you run

$ sysupgrade -l

Also, you can save all of that into an archive with this, then copy it off the router.

$ sysupgrade -b my-backup-file.tar.gz

If you are going to different hardware and/or a different OpenWrt version, you should start from scratch on the new router and use the backed-up config as a reference. Too many little things might go wrong if you just plop the old stuff on the new device.

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Will do. :slightly_smiling_face:
Thanks for the reply and helpful commands.

I'll do this manually.