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To be honest, the NetDuma community isn’t really a typical customer base. We’re more like passionate enthusiasts with a mild addiction. We complain, we debate, we push for more… and yet we’re still here. That says something. We appreciate that updates for the R3 are in progress, and it’s good to hear they’re substantial. But there’s another thought that many people here share — some openly, others quietly refreshing the forum every day. We’re not just waiting for firmware. We’re waiting for the next level of hardware. If a more powerful next-gen router — call it an R4 or whatever it ends up being — were announced tomorrow, I genuinely believe a huge portion of this community would upgrade instantly. Not because of marketing pressure. Not because we’re being manipulated. But because we believe in the idea behind NetDuma, and we want to see it running on hardware that truly matches its ambition. Sometimes the frustration you see here isn’t negativity — it’s anticipation. People don’t get loud about products they don’t care about. The reason discussions get heated is because expectations are high. Give us DumaOS running on seriously powerful hardware, with proper headroom for the future, and that wouldn’t just be another release. It would be a statement. We’re not angry customers. We’re impatient supporters. And that’s a good problem to have.

i got it working not sure what i did but it works now

It took a lot of time and effort to finally achieve this result. Trying things out, shifting the mesh system, and adjusting the netduma. I'm very happy with the result.

I'll give it a few days as it is a brand new line

I've been using the netduma r1 since it's inception and grudgingly bought the r2 and r3. I actually got word of the r1 back on the old xim 3 forums as the two companies attempted to collaborate for a brief moment. I'd like to see more involvement to the general community from actual devs like there used to be. The developer(s) themselves used to actually interact with the community and provide feedback on what was going on behind the scenes and even helped support individual users directly. (Mostly during the r1 era) Fraser does an excellent job as community support, but it's not enough in my opinion. The community needs to hear from the people actively developing as well like it used to be. I understand the company has grown, and yet it is still small, but it's missing that element of community that thrived in the past. I think it's been completely detrimental to the company by not addressing well known bugs and seemingly stringing a carrot along that all will be fixed with an upcoming update (with new features( I'd love to see a a change in this direction with some resources being directed towards taking out known bugs and making the router function soundly while waiting for additional features. This has always been my main gripe with netduma. There has never been a 100 percent solid build. There's always a few things that are broken. I heard of you guys originally from the Xim forums. They also have a small team (5-7 people) and have also grown well beyond their roots. The difference with the xim team is they would never let well known bugs fester between releases. Anything that came up was addressed immediately while other major features were being developed. On top of that, the main developer himself still responds to threads on a weekly basis. I want this same dedication from netduma, like there used to be. Allocate some resources to squash out problems with current builds, and please let us hear from more than just fraser. Bring back trust and community.

Yeah will look at that tomorrow Cheers Fraser

Hi, i haven’t tried yet. Will today and update you !

Thank you

I'm only seeing three not pinging at the moment so it's possible it's been updated already - click the 3 dots top right of the page and resync the cloud. Then try it again and see if they show. However, servers not appearing on Ping Heatmap would not have any impact on your ability to filter them, they're two completely different features. To force servers you need to do the following: It's essential the Geo-Filter is enabled before the game client (e.g. Steam etc) if on PC or platform (e.g. Xbox, PlayStation) or the game have been launched. If you change Geo-Filter settings when you're on the game then you will need to restart the game for those changes to take effect, otherwise it will use the previous Geo-Filter settings and appear not to be working. For settings ensure Ping Assist and Geo-Latency are disabled in the Geo-Filter menu that can be found by clicking ⋮ in the top right hand corner of the page and go to Settings. Strict Mode should also be enabled, it is enabled by default so if you haven't disabled it you can ignore it. If you have disabled it or want to check it can be found in the same Settings menu as above or in Settings > Troubleshooting > Advanced > Developer Options depending on your firmware version. Fast Search should also be disabled which it is by default so can be ignored if you haven't changed it, otherwise this can be found in the same place.

Those two things are really at odds with each other. If you want to use the DMZ then just keep UPnP enabled and that will work for the PC

can you reply when you've heard back and they can try force an update because im going to leave it till then as ive tried multiple times and im going to use my regular router till then. thanks

Exactly as above!

Putting a device's IP into the DMZ is the same as port forwarding ALL ports for that device. It essentially lets through all traffic but opens you to some risk as all ports are open, should a would-be hacker wish to try and connect. I would recommend putting consoles into the DMZ but not a PC for example.

Always/Auto just control when you want it to apply so it's purely a personal decision. 70% is our recommended starting point but there is no one percentage that works best for every connection. You'll need to do some fine tuning/trial & error to find what works best for you. You are on an old version so the cloud will work better with the latest version. Ping Assist won't be present on that version I'm not aware of a visual bug on the ping panel so this is likely reporting the connection as it is Yes I'd suggest factory resetting after upgrading, especially as you're doing a big jump in versions.

The game is very strict with the server selection during matchmaking . Just two or three in the EU and that’s it. It won’t let you connect anywhere else. If the player pool is low, it populates with bots. Unfortunately Geofilter can’t help as much as in COD.

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No it's not necessary for you

Your ping sounds fine and it's unlikely you're experiencing any congestion so I think forcing some different servers might give you a better experience

To force servers you need to do the following: It's essential the Geo-Filter is enabled before the game client (e.g. Steam etc) if on PC or platform (e.g. Xbox, PlayStation) or the game have been launched. If you change Geo-Filter settings when you're on the game then you will need to restart the game for those changes to take effect, otherwise it will use the previous Geo-Filter settings and appear not to be working. For settings ensure Ping Assist and Geo-Latency are disabled in the Geo-Filter menu that can be found by clicking ⋮ in the top right hand corner of the page and go to Settings. Strict Mode should also be enabled, it is enabled by default so if you haven't disabled it you can ignore it. If you have disabled it or want to check it can be found in the same Settings menu as above or in Settings > Troubleshooting > Advanced > Developer Options depending on your firmware version. Fast Search should also be disabled which it is by default so can be ignored if you haven't changed it, otherwise this can be found in the same place.

Honestly, just having a 2.5 Gb Wan port would be a good enough upgrade for me as my 1 Gb AT&T fiber actually comes in at 1.25 Gbps. Would allow to use all available bandwidth. No actual devices other than my desktop pc have a 2,5 Gb port so the extra bandwidth is negligible. I guess I can say I have been lucky with the R3. I have not had any hardware issues with it like I had with the R2. My R2 eventually went into a power up boot loop and basically became a paperweight at 3 years old. I also had Wi-fi issues with the R2 but nothing like that with the R3. Fortunately for me though, my entire home is hardwired into every room. And anyone who buys a Netduma router is buying it for DumaOS. There is no other reason other than that to buy a Netduma router. So let them focus on getting the software right. That is what we paid them for.

Yes correct. It's available to some users but not you. Just wait for it to be released.

They change servers every so often so what you experienced can happen, we then whitelist and it'll happen again at a future date, always a bit of cat and mouse really! Though you have prompted an idea that might help with this so I've relayed that to the team. You'll only see servers in a few different circumstances, with some games such as CoD you may see all servers, apart from those within your radius when you first launch the game. Then when you search you may see servers outside your radius being blocked. Then when you're in the game you should only see the game server you're playing on and potentially the auth server.

Hi @Netduma Fraser, this is great news, since I will be moving from a very poor FTTC network to a 5G one, I'm very happy to know it. If you need a tester user, I can share and test the firmware if it is released in beta. In the form where you report your line, I had put my FTTC, but for a while longer I will have both, both FTTC and 5G, so if you need a tester when you release the beta firmware, I'm happy to provide feedback.

This is essentially what we're working on currently, one of the big features we've referred to - ACC (Adaptive Congestion Control), there is some very limited information about it here: https://netduma.com/blog/how-to-fix-bufferbloat

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We've been hearing about this for half a year, it's like waiting for Santa Claus on his reindeer who won't show up. Or is just prolonging time to the next release of new router to be honest 😂

Problem solved. It turned out to be my controller disconnecting from the console. That was causing the PSN and Call of Duty logouts. This was not related to the NetDuma R3 in any way. Thanks for the assistance — case can be closed.

You can't setup to apply different locations/radius sizes etc for different games, this was something we were considering/looking into the feasibility of adding, it may come in the future.

Yes you will, we've spent a lot of time and resources on these new features so yes they will be coming

Buongiorno, volevo delle informazioni precise riguardo il settaggio del qos, cercando su internet ho visto che è consigliato per le ftth stare tra l 80% e il 90% e non necessariamente stare in bufferbloat a+ questo perché se per raggiungere a+ dovessimo scendere sotto la soglia del 80% in giochi come warzone verrebbe aggiunto un jitter artificiale, che ne compromettere la fluidita e l hit reg del gioco. È reale tutto ciò sapete dirmi qualcosa di concreto

I'm not sure where you've got that information but: We don't have any specific recommendations based on connection type We don't suggest to stay within a certain percentage range Are you referring to lag compensation - the theory that if your connection is too good that the game essentially makes your connection worse/helps worse connection players have a fairer experience? The first two are not correct, there are no one size fits all settings, every connection is different so its best to experiment to find what works best for you. As for lag compensation, I don't know how much I believe the aspect where they make your connection worse but I'm sure they do have measures in place so that people with worse connections can have a better experience than they would otherwise have.

Hi, Normally on a City Fibre connection you would need the username and password plus the VLANID. (At least that’s been the case on the last three City Fibre connections I’ve had.) VLANID could be 911. Your ISP should be able to give you the details for all of the above credentials. As @Krush shows above, if you’re already in the main Duma OS console. Then go to Settings > WAN, then select PPPoE, then pop in your details. *The VLANID is under the advance section of the WAN settings (on some firmware). Please note, it may take a few minutes for the City Fibre connection to establish once you fill in the details and save. You may need to reboot the router if you see no connection after say 10 minutes. Hope that helps.

PPPoE from my internet service?

United Kingdom the service is called uswitch city fibre

If it's working without the Geo-Filter enabled then it'll 100% be those servers that need to be added, they can appear and disappear very quickly. Either way the team will investigate and resolve it via a cloud update as soon as they can.

Yes that's normal

No, we keep the current game and last game on there so when 7 came out we would have removed MW3. The servers are essentially all the same anyway.

Disable Speed Test Bypass and try again

You can keep it enabled that's fine

Ill try it out

Hi! I've been working hard lately to get my Netduma, including Deco's Wi-Fi mesh, working. I've searched extensively for the correct settings and have found them. I'd like to share them with you. Here are both my Wi-Fi and wired results. First my WIFI results My wired results

got ya thanks.

There will be a blocked server when that happens, just zoom out on the map, run the test and you should see the server get blocked. Add it to the allow list and give us the ID and we can whitelist it. There may be a few servers responsible

Vous bloquez le serveur d’accès situé en Irlande ! Sans ce serveur d’authentification , vous ne pouvez pas accéder au jeux ! C’est un comportement normal lié au geofiltre.

Can you try the following please: Toggle "Reduce Transparency": Go to Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size and check "Reduce Transparency". If it is ON, turn it OFF, as this feature has been known to cause UI glitches and crashes with the new "Liquid Glass" design in iOS 26. If it's OFF, leave it OFF and ignore the rest, as that wont be the issue. Then launch the app, and see if that works, please.

Okay, so for you, "problem" rhymes with "breakdowns" in the IT world, which you clearly don't know much about, especially here, since it's supposed to be a gaming router, so latency and other factors should be optimized as much as possible. Well, in these logs, that's not the case. The router, especially the processor, is working unnecessarily and haphazardly, which affects the stability of the system and therefore the router... Basically, just because your car starts and runs doesn't mean it doesn't have a problem... But since it's you, I can understand.

@18RayFYour case is uncommon but not unheard of. What stands out is that you're using DHCP, which typically operates with an MTU of 1500. However, your ISP is clearly providing an MTU of 1492, commonly seen with PPPoE, and when the MTU exceeds the limit set by the router, fragmentation occurs, which can lead to issues like the one you experienced. In other cases, this might manifest more noticeably, such as through packet loss. It is not an issue on the router side as the router uses the most common configuration. @KinGzzyMost of what you said isn’t even an issue; the time going backwards is literally just the DPI reading the packets, and as you are using the AI, which you are, it doesn’t tell you the most obvious thing, which is that IPv6 is disabled.

BO7 uses under 500kB/sec down and under 200kB/sec upload (5Mbps/1.6Mbps) on minimal texture streaming settings. Probably double once you bump the texture streaming up. There is a spike however at the beginning of each match as you load in (probably downloading initial textures, assets etc.) this is with looking at traffic captured via Wireshark, so there could possibly be a bug with the amount of bandwidth being reported? I regularly see "stats for nerds" allocate around 1.2Mbps to BO7 so i'm surprised it's running

Putting yourself in 100ms ping lobbies is setting yourself up for a major disadvantage either way you look at it 😂😂

Thank you, I'll pass it on!