Transfer old Airport Extreme data to new Airport Extreme

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Transfer old Airport Extreme data to new Airport Extreme

Is there a way to transfer setup data from an old Airport Extreme base station to a new Airport Extreme base station i.e. the new Airport Extreme base station introduced at the 2013 WWDC?

Airport Extreme-OTHER, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Jun 14, 2013 8:59 PM

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Tesserax

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Jun 15, 2013 9:55 AM in response to ninjarx7

Yes this should be doable. (Note: I do not have an 802.11ac model to verify the following but this is the normal procedure with the older devices.)

From the AirPort Utility (v6.x):

Select the base station that you want to export the configuration file from.
Click on Edit.
From the utility's menu bar, select File > Export Configuration File ...
In the Save As field enter the desired file name.
Choose where you want to save this file in the Where field.
Click on Save.
Next, select the base station that you want to import the configuration file to.
Click on Edit.
From the utility's menu bar, select File > Import Configuration File ...
Using the Finder window, select the file that you just exported earlier.
Click on Update.

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