6.7 Backup and restore of settings
The router settings are automatically saved by the OpenWrt
®
system. However, there may be
situations where it may be necessary to restore a previously saved configuration state.
Therefore, you can save the settings to your computer as follows and restore them to the router if
necessary. This is very useful during initial configurations, for example.
Open the
System
menu,
Backup / Flash Firmware
item.
At the
Backup / Restore
part and
Download backup
feature push the
button for
saving the settings into a file (to .tar.gz extension).
In the pop-up window, you can select where to save the file (configuration) to your computer.
Important
! During subsequent restarts, the router will always start with these saved settings - as
the default configuration.
The router only saves its own settings and services! If you have manually installed additional
programs or are using your own scripts, it is IMPORTANT to know that they will NOT be saved! You
need to ensure that non-standard applications, scripts, directories are backed up manually.
You can include or exclude files and directories during the installation. You can control exactly what
is saved by clicking the
Configuration
tab, where you can edit the list by specifying each directory.
