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SGAguy
Sep 17, 2025Tutor
R6700 to RS600
I have a R6700 - Nighthawk AC1750 Smart WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router and wanting to know if I upgrade to the RS600 can I forward the configurations over? I have around 100 devices on my R6700 and really dont want to configure it all over again
2 Replies
- FURRYe38Guru - Experienced User
You'll need to setup any configurations on the new router. Can't apply a backup from older models to newer models.
Take screen captures from old router so you have visuals.
- CrimpOnGuru - Experienced User
My understanding is "no". Configuration saved from one model of Netgear router cannot be imported into another. Certainly would not harm anything to try. If it gets rejected, there's your answer. If the RS600 accepts it and goes whack-o, just do a Factory Reset.
My practice is to go through the entire configuration, one page at a time, and save screen captures to a Word file.
In the "old days", Netgear routers had telnet or ssh access to a Linux command line. After logging in, a command would display the entire configuration. I would save that, sort it, and have a text version of all the important information. (sigh)