I should soon have three ZyXel VMG1312-B10A units, with any luck. My question: Will it go nuts if I take an XML config file from one device and upload it into the wrong one (intentionally)?
I'm wondering if there is anything that is dependant on the individual unit in there, or even anything truly critical such that the device will throw up errors, or fail horribly.
The kinds of things I'm thinking about are things linked to the identity of the inidividual device by serial number or MAC address or some such so they aren't valid on the wrong unit. I think I have possibly seen a serial number mentioned somewhere. I have certainly seen a MAC address of something or other, actually can't be a hundred percent sure what it refers to.
I may in any case want to always make certain routine changes according to certain rules as part of a transplant from one device to another. If there is anything critical to watch out for, in the second category, then I will have to be really careful. I'm thinking about knocking up a duplication / modem-n customiser tool to take care of this routinely.
When I get a second unit, I can of course diff them. But there may be cases where I might not understand what's going on if there are differences.
Has anyone already done this?
Anyone really familiar with the contents of the XML config file and its meaning?
Some of the elements but not always their values will I think be documented in a standards doc related to TR-069, forget what it's called, but I have glimpsed at it briefly.