Re: [Mikrotik Users] Upgrade from 6.35.x to 6.42.6

2018-08-22 Thread Sam Morris via Mikrotik-users
Thanks to all of you for your thoughts! Sam On 08/20/2018 04:56 PM, Dave via Mikrotik-users wrote: > I have done production upgrades since for eva ago. > I never had an issue in upgrades except on x86 machines where the > drivers were updated an no longer supported older hardware like sfp module

Re: [Mikrotik Users] Upgrade from 6.35.x to 6.42.6

2018-08-20 Thread Dave via Mikrotik-users
I have done production upgrades since for eva ago. I never had an issue in upgrades except on x86 machines where the drivers were updated an no longer supported older hardware like sfp modules.  Too easy roll back a few and order new sfps' and viola easy upgrade to 6.46.6 If your concerned abo

Re: [Mikrotik Users] Upgrade from 6.35.x to 6.42.6

2018-08-20 Thread Joe Novak via Mikrotik-users
"Or with RoS automatically do the conversion of commands from the earlier versions to the newest version?" Absolutely. The biggest changes I recall are the rework of the bridge/switch system which could change your config dramatically, but you should be able to clearly see this in the config. h

Re: [Mikrotik Users] Upgrade from 6.35.x to 6.42.6

2018-08-20 Thread Josh Luthman via Mikrotik-users
What differences exactly? What's the diff say? What does an upgrade have to do with this? Why can't you just upgrade? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 3:09 PM, Sam Morris via Mikrotik-users < mikrotik-users@

Re: [Mikrotik Users] Upgrade from 6.35.x to 6.42.6

2018-08-20 Thread Grand Avenue Broadband via Mikrotik-users
When I see you ask: > Or with RoS automatically do the conversion of commands from the earlier > versions to the newest version? I think you're asking if your setup scripts (either hand-coded or exported) from pre-6.42 routers will import on post-6.42 routers. Depending on what features you u

Re: [Mikrotik Users] Upgrade from 6.35.x to 6.42.6

2018-08-20 Thread Scott Reed via Mikrotik-users
Mikrotik has been know to make change to the syntax, so the new make look different that the old. I have upgraded 100s of units from as low as 4.15 incrementally to 6.42.8 without losing anything.  Not that they have much, but upgrades just work. You may not be able to copy the export to anoth

[Mikrotik Users] Upgrade from 6.35.x to 6.42.6

2018-08-20 Thread Sam Morris via Mikrotik-users
We have a number of devices to upgrade from 6.35 to 6.42. In testing the upgrade in a lab, I'm finding many discrepancies in the "export" output. The steps I took were: (On the production router) export file=prod-config - set up an identical spare router on the same RoS as the prod router