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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      There should be a console port. At least some models have that. Should say "Console".

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      • AdamFA
        AdamF @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said in Edge Router X "terminal/console" access:

        There should be a console port. At least some models have that. Should say "Console".

        Nope. Not on the ERX. On the ER-Lite, it has one, but on the ERX, nothing.

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        • JaredBuschJ
          JaredBusch @AdamF
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          @fuznutz04 said in Edge Router X "terminal/console" access:

          @scottalanmiller said in Edge Router X "terminal/console" access:

          There should be a console port. At least some models have that. Should say "Console".

          Nope. Not on the ERX. On the ER-Lite, it has one, but on the ERX, nothing.

          Correct, the ERX does not have a console port. But if you are willing to open it and void the warranty, you can apparently do something to connect a console cable.

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          • JaredBuschJ
            JaredBusch
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            This page shows a picture of the inside.
            The serial pins are there.
            http://sector5d.org/openwrt-on-the-ubiquiti-edgerouter-x.html

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            • AdamFA
              AdamF @JaredBusch
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              @JaredBusch said in Edge Router X "terminal/console" access:

              This page shows a picture of the inside.
              The serial pins are there.
              http://sector5d.org/openwrt-on-the-ubiquiti-edgerouter-x.html

              Yikes... I'll pass for now since it is brand new.

              1. So I factory reset, then attempted to restore from config without doing anything else first. It restored and rebooted, but I couldn't connect to the router anymore at all. (with the old IP address or the new one that was in the config file.)

              2. I reset again and this time put in the IP address to match what is in the config file. Then did a restore. Hooray, I can connect now.

              3. However, none of my NAT rules, Firewall rules, etc are in the router. WTH If I open the config file, I can see all of the rules there, but they are not being restored.

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch @AdamF
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                @fuznutz04 said in Edge Router X "terminal/console" access:

                @JaredBusch said in Edge Router X "terminal/console" access:

                This page shows a picture of the inside.
                The serial pins are there.
                http://sector5d.org/openwrt-on-the-ubiquiti-edgerouter-x.html

                Yikes... I'll pass for now since it is brand new.

                1. So I factory reset, then attempted to restore from config without doing anything else first. It restored and rebooted, but I couldn't connect to the router anymore at all. (with the old IP address or the new one that was in the config file.)

                2. I reset again and this time put in the IP address to match what is in the config file. Then did a restore. Hooray, I can connect now.

                3. However, none of my NAT rules, Firewall rules, etc are in the router. WTH If I open the config file, I can see all of the rules there, but they are not being restored.

                That means something in your config is hosed and causing the initial load to fail. Start from a clean system and set it up again.

                If you have made NO changes in the GUI since you restored, you can check this from the command line.

                #--go into config mode
                configure
                #--load the config file
                load
                #--compare changes from running to what you just loaded
                compare
                
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                • AdamFA
                  AdamF @JaredBusch
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                  @JaredBusch will do. Is there an easy way to copy and paste working parts of the config, or do I need to issue commands one by one?

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch @AdamF
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                    @fuznutz04 said in Edge Router X "terminal/console" access:

                    @JaredBusch will do. Is there an easy way to copy and paste working parts of the config, or do I need to issue commands one by one?

                    log into the CLI (command line interface) and before you go into configure mode, run this command

                    show configuration commands
                    

                    That will output your router config in a copy/paste compatible view.

                    Obviously, it will likely be missing stuff, but that should help you figure out how to manually add it if you want.

                    Also, from my prior instructions, if there are differences after you run compare, just type commit to try and make the changes go live. You should get an error if there is a problem.

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                    • AdamFA
                      AdamF @JaredBusch
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                      @JaredBusch said in Edge Router X "terminal/console" access:

                      @fuznutz04 said in Edge Router X "terminal/console" access:

                      @JaredBusch will do. Is there an easy way to copy and paste working parts of the config, or do I need to issue commands one by one?

                      log into the CLI (command line interface) and before you go into configure mode, run this command

                      show configuration commands
                      

                      Thanks for this @JaredBusch. Really a life saver. Spent some time last evening rebuilding the config and now I have an actual good source for manual copy/paste restore if needed. I believe i found the culprit in the configs. A couple of months ago, I put in some traffic shaping configuration. The router took the commands, and even accepted them with the commit command, but I guess I must have never actually restarted the router after I made the changes. Yesterday was the first time restarting the unit since installation a few months ago.

                      Now I just need to find the best way to setup QoS on the router since we have VoIP phones in the office. I see the latest firmware has some QoS items in the GUI. Is this the best way to set up QoS on these devices, or are there better ways through CLI?

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                      • JaredBuschJ
                        JaredBusch @AdamF
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                        @fuznutz04 said in Edge Router X "terminal/console" access:

                        @JaredBusch said in Edge Router X "terminal/console" access:

                        @fuznutz04 said in Edge Router X "terminal/console" access:

                        @JaredBusch will do. Is there an easy way to copy and paste working parts of the config, or do I need to issue commands one by one?

                        log into the CLI (command line interface) and before you go into configure mode, run this command

                        show configuration commands
                        

                        Thanks for this @JaredBusch. Really a life saver. Spent some time last evening rebuilding the config and now I have an actual good source for manual copy/paste restore if needed. I believe i found the culprit in the configs. A couple of months ago, I put in some traffic shaping configuration. The router took the commands, and even accepted them with the commit command, but I guess I must have never actually restarted the router after I made the changes. Yesterday was the first time restarting the unit since installation a few months ago.

                        Now I just need to find the best way to setup QoS on the router since we have VoIP phones in the office. I see the latest firmware has some QoS items in the GUI. Is this the best way to set up QoS on these devices, or are there better ways through CLI?

                        The new QoS stuff should work just fine.

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                        • AdamFA
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                          Great will do, thanks.

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