Automatically backup Netgear WNDAP

As part of an ongoing battle to backup all network devices, I’ve cobbled together a batch script to backup Netgear’s ProSafe range of access points. Save the following as Backup.bat:

@echo off

REM ================================================================
REM CONFIGURATION INFO
REM ================================================================
set CFGFILE=BackupList.txt
set DESTDIR=C:\Backups\
set NET_USERNAME=admin
set NET_PASSWORD=netgear

REM ================================================================
REM STOP CHANGING HERE OR YOU'LL BREAK SOMETHING
REM ================================================================
SET TIMESTAMP=%date:~-4,4%.%date:~-7,2%.%date:~-10,2%
for /F "tokens=1,2 delims=," %%A in (%CFGFILE%) do (
	IF NOT EXIST "%DESTDIR%%TIMESTAMP%" mkdir "%DESTDIR%%TIMESTAMP%" > NUL
	echo %%B

	curl -s -c "%%A.cookie.txt" "http://%%B/login.php?username=%NET_USERNAME%&password=%NET_PASSWORD%"
	curl -s -b "%%A.cookie.txt" "http://%%B/downloadFile.php?file=config" -o "%DESTDIR%%TIMESTAMP%\%%A.cfg"

	IF EXIST %%A.cookie.txt del %%A.cookie.txt
)

In the same directory create a TXT file named BackupList.txt. Add access points to the file that should be backed up in Name,ip address format. A sample BackupList.txt file might look like:

LON-CORE-WAP01,192.168.1.1
NY-CORE-WAP01,192.168.2.1

You’ll also need to download the windows version of cURL, a list of mirrors can be found here. Place it in the same directory as the other two files and run Backup.bat to backup your ProSafe access points.

This method has been tested on both WNDAP330 and WNDAP 350 access points.