Restore backup - different hardware

hagensieker · Feb 11, 2018, 12:53 AM

I have an SG-2220.

Just bought this

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Minisys-4-Lan-pfsense-minipc-Intel-atom-E3845-quad-core-mini-itx-motherboard-linux-firewall-computer/32825684280.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.r310Dm

and installed latest pfSense on it.

Will I be able to simply restore the backup file from the SG-2220 or do I have to reconfigure all?

hagensieker · Feb 11, 2018, 2:55 AM

Well I answered my own question. When I installed and booted it told me my VLAN parent interfaces no longer existed and I had to fix. So I set all the interfaces and hit save and seemingly nothing happened. A freeze up. I scratched my head and tried again and then again and then I actually looked at the VGA monitor instead of the webconfigurator and saw the word "reboot".

It saved the config and then rebooted…........and came back alive with a new IP address. D'oh. I did it right the first time.

I'll yank the SG-2220 tomorrow and install the new device. Should be plug and play at this point.