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Managed to get my grubby paws on one of only a few RT6600AXs available in Australia. and promptly set about replacing my venerable RT2600ac, (which will end up elsewhere, replacing my MR2200ac).
Obviously no direct migration of settings is supported yet, hopefully when SRM 1.3 is available for older routers this will become an option.
The good news is that most apps (if up-to-date) can be migrated via backup/restore of app settings from within each application (Safe Access, VPN Server, Threat Prevention). DNS zones were exported and imported on the new router without issue.
A couple of gotcha moments were:
1) Trying to restore to Threat Prevention before it had started up and updated definitions on the new router (whoops, user error)
2) Site-to-Site VPN settings import failed due to local networks not matching - no problem, just open up the exported settings file and create the connection in SRM manually from the settings file.
My next task is to add a USB 2.5GbE adaptor to the NAS (to tide me over until the DS-1522+ is available), and put that 2.5GbE LAN port into use. I'm also considering a 2.5GbE or 10GbE switch so I can put the NAS and my homelab NUCs on faster connections too. I have no need for a faster than gigabit WAN port just yet, due the state of the NBN in AU - sadly that is likely a few years away.
Obviously no direct migration of settings is supported yet, hopefully when SRM 1.3 is available for older routers this will become an option.
The good news is that most apps (if up-to-date) can be migrated via backup/restore of app settings from within each application (Safe Access, VPN Server, Threat Prevention). DNS zones were exported and imported on the new router without issue.
A couple of gotcha moments were:
1) Trying to restore to Threat Prevention before it had started up and updated definitions on the new router (whoops, user error)
2) Site-to-Site VPN settings import failed due to local networks not matching - no problem, just open up the exported settings file and create the connection in SRM manually from the settings file.
My next task is to add a USB 2.5GbE adaptor to the NAS (to tide me over until the DS-1522+ is available), and put that 2.5GbE LAN port into use. I'm also considering a 2.5GbE or 10GbE switch so I can put the NAS and my homelab NUCs on faster connections too. I have no need for a faster than gigabit WAN port just yet, due the state of the NBN in AU - sadly that is likely a few years away.