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MikroTik Backup and Restore Configuration Using Winbox
MikroTik Backup and Restore Configuration Using Winbox
Backup and Restore feature in MikroTik Router helps to recover router configuration
when running router fails to operation due to hardware failure. If you have a
backup copy of your failed router and purchase a new MikroTik Router and then
upload and restore that backup file, you will get your running network without any
hassle. MikroTik Backup file is also useful when you unfortunately forget your
admin privilege user password. You can easily recover your forgotten password with
backup file using MikroTik password recovery tools. So, taking regular backup of
running MikroTik configuration is so useful to a network administrator. How to
backup MikroTik configuration file automatically via email was discussed in my
previous article and in this article I will show how to backup and restore MikroTik
configuration file manually using Winbox.
How to Backup MikroTik Configuration File
It is easy to backup MikroTik configuration using Winbox GUI but you can use WebFig
web interface that follows same procedure as Winbox. The following steps will show
how to backup MikroTik configuration file using Winbox GUI.
Alternatively, you can run the following command from your MikroTik command prompt
to backup your MikroTik configuration file using command.
[admin@MikroTik] >
How to Restore MikroTik Configuration File
You can easily restore your MikroTik backup file using Winbox GUI or WebFig web
interface. The following steps will show how to restore MikroTik configuration from
backup file using Winbox GUI.
Alternatively you can run the following command to restore your uploaded
configuration file.
[admin@MikroTik] >
If you face any confusion to follow above steps properly, follow my video about
MikroTik Backup and Restore Configuration using Winbox. I hope it will reduce your
any confusion.
How to backup and restore MikroTik configuration using Winbox has been discussed in
this article. I hope you will now be able to backup and restore your MikroTik
Router configuration successfully. However, if you face any confusion to backup and
restore your MikroTik Router configuration, feel free to discuss in comment or
contact with me from Contact page. I will try my best to stay with you.