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Chapter 25
Specific settings and troubleshooting
This chapter provides description of advanced features and specific configurations of the fire-
wall. It also includes helpful guidelines for solving of issues which might occur when you use
WinRoute in your network.
25.1 Configuration Backup and Transfer
If you need to reinstall the firewall’s operating system (e.g. in case of new hardware installa-
tion), you can easily back up your WinRoute configuration including local user accounts and
possibly also SSL certificates. This backup can be later used for recovery of this configuration
in your new installation of WinRoute. This may save significant amount of your time as well as
help you avoid solution of problems you have already figured out.
To export or import configuration, go to the Web Administration (see chapter
) and click on
the corresponding link right in the welcome page.
Configuration export
Configuration is exported to a .tgz package (the tar archive compressed by gzip) which includes
all the key WinRoute configuration files. Optionally, it is possible to include the web interface’s
VPN server’s and SSL-VPN server’s SSL certificates in the package. Exported configuration does
not include WinRoute license key.
Configuration import
To import configuration, simply browse for or enter the path to the corresponding file which
includes the exported configuration (with the .tgz extension).
If network interfaces have been changed since the export took place (e.g. in case of exchange
of a defective network adapter) or if the configuration is imported from another computer,
WinRoute will attempt to pair the imported network interfaces with the real interfaces on the
machine. This pairing can be customized — you can match each network interface from the
imported configuration with one interface of the firewall or leave it unpaired.
If network interfaces cannot be simply paired, it is desirable to check and possibly edit inter-
face group settings (see chapter
) and/or traffic rules (see chapter
) after completion of the
configuration import.