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Hi everyone, We are excited to roll out a major new firmware update for the Netduma R3, packed with significant improvements and optimisations we’ve been developing over the last year. This is a comprehensive release. You will experience a noticeably faster user interface, improved Wi-Fi auto-channel selection, new dedicated front panel LED controls, and key memory and security patches designed for long-term stability. Alongside these broader enhancements, we have completely overhauled two core systems: Device Manager & Classification Engine We have implemented a completely new Device Classification backend that allows classification and categorisation rules to be updated dynamically over the cloud. Just as our DPI system automatically updates to support new games, DumaOS can now recognize and categorize newly released smart devices as soon as they hit the market. To help make Device Manager as accurate as possible, users can now optionally report incorrect classifications directly to us. This reporting is purely opt-in, fully anonymised, and directly helps improve detection accuracy for all users. You will be asked if you want to participate the first time you make changes in Device Manager, and you can easily change your preference at any time from the Settings menu. Geo-Latency We have fine-tuned Geo-Latency to work more reliably with our currently supported titles, while expanding support to include more games, such as Battlefield 6. We have also reduced its footprint under the hood to improve overall system performance. Behind the scenes, we have been working hard on several exciting new DumaOS features that we are almost ready to share. Expect to hear more about those very soon. Thank you for your patience in waiting for this new firmware, and thank you for being a Netduma customer. DumaOS-R3-4.0.1510.sig Full Changelog:

Was searching #NETDuma on X looking for ideas to get the most out of my R3 and I swear TODDzillaInLA was taking over the search results 😂 Kept seeing MW4 clips, NETDuma tags, and his setup popping up everywhere, so I had to check it out. Pretty cool seeing someone consistently posting gameplay while actually using the NETDuma stuff. Now I'm curious what everyone else is running on their R3 for COD. Always trying to squeeze out every little advantage possible 😂

It's been extremely stable for now. no crashes, UI is fast, and I'm a general household user/gamer, remote worker, and it's been solid for all of that. i'm not doing any fancy or unique really. on spectrum internet. not sure who "everyone" is because i'm sure not having issues. hopefully you get any help you need on your unit. the netduma team has been great in helping.

https://test.libreqos.com/advanced/

Need Help setup Netduma r3 for any game. I'm having issues with games like BF6 and Call Of Duty registering hit detection and want the truth on what is the recommended settings base on play testing and knowledge of packets and the internet. Also the recommended settings for my computer when it comes to DNS(Should it be default or uses other popular DNS?). I play On PC. See every body else play ok me it seems bullet damage is lower than most people. Watch all kinds of people on youtube play and seem ok or pro at the games and myself is ok but i know something is off in games i play with other people and seeing these problems like punishing the player for being Ok. Im pretty sure its the internet and maybe the router setup wrong. just running out of ideas and understanding because im not sure what to trust or believe.

Just updated. I really appreciate the hard work @Netduma Alex and the team put into this update, plus thanks to @Netduma Fraser for always being there whenever lag managed to reappear. After redialling in CC — BO7 + BF6 feels rather smooth 😇, yay!

Outstanding work as always team 😃👊

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.

Can't believe it's been 11 years since I joined the forum , during that time I have had the R1 / R2 XR500 with R2 OS and now the R3. Today my R3 is plugged into my Asus RT-AX88U Pro , Just a little bit on the Asus : Rock solid piece of kit with great WIFI coverage and a good amount of gaming tweaks within the OS including various different types of QOS , on average we have around 22 wired and wireless devices connected to the Asus no issues ever . Only the Xbox is a wired connection to the R3 , I have flip flopped from both routers over the last few months and always go back to the R3 from a connection perspective it just feels much better , for me it is best in class it does what it is supposed to do from a gaming / connection perspective . HOWEVER - I had some time over the Xmas break off work and decided to plug the R3 directly into my ONT , so all devices connected to the R3 as it is designed to do , BTW just to say I think the OS on the R3 is excellent from a visual perspective and provides so much information and options to fine tune , much better than the Asus in my opinion , the following is what I experienced over a full week : Daily drops in WIFI or internet connection longest period of connection 1.5 days before I re boot WIFI would not reach as far as my Asus , ring door bell and Hive would not function correctly Family complaints Gaming was even better Where I am going with this ? Is this a hardware or software problem ? , I have tried to live solely on the Netduma router previously but it never delivers on a stable connection as my default network router when everything is connected to it . If it is hardware issue hen I for one would be willing to pay more to have an Asus type performance with the Netduma OS . I know we have had the Netgear experiment but not sure that is still an option mine died a long time ago . In closing I love the Netduma OS , it is back now plugged into my Asus and in my opinion gives me the best gaming connection on the market without doubt . It is just not capable of being a default network router managing all devices . You could I suppose without being dis respectful call it a one trick pony ..... but hey it's one hell of a trick . .

You just admitted it lag spikes when using it though??

Hey Crem! To answer your question: yes, you definitely get connected to Scandinavian servers (mostly Stockholm) pretty regularly if you're playing from up here. I play on the Stockholm servers daily with a really solid, low ping. Of course, depending on the time of day and the matchmaking pool, the game will occasionally toss you over to Frankfurt or London if lobby queues are acting up, but the Nordic connection is active and consistent enough that you don’t need to worry about server availability. If you're on the fence because of ping, I’d say it's safe to buy!

It's not mislabelled as BO7 we just haven't tested the new game yet, we're aware of it not pinging and we will be updating the cloud. It won't affect your ability to use the Geo-Filter though.

Your very welcome and thank u and the rest of the dev team for all the hard work y'all put into making the netduma routers possible

This has been requested before and its on the to do list for the team, they will make changes as soon as they're able

connection type: Asymmetric Fibre to the Premise 900/100. I’m a gamer my family are streaming mad. Usually 3-4 4k Netflix streams going on while I game For me personally the update is rather stable, more stable than the previous one The app hitches when grabbing server ping but I believe Fraser said they’re going to push an app update out, but I’ve been using my iPhone browser for router admin rather than app before issue was a thing. So not an issue for me.

In my region there‘s one physical fibre infrastructure provider - the ISPs use this to provide fibre to the premises to us. Sadly this fibre is asymmetric and uses PPPoE. Due to my asymmetric connection (900 down & 105 up) I seem more prone to bufferbloat. I can get A+ on waveform bufferbloat test, I still get lag in game. On max ping on download values, there’s a max of 280ms. So I started using LibreQoS Advanced Test. It feels like it’s stricter than waveform. It grades download, upload and bidirectional (when both are maxed out) it reported I had A+ on download and upload, but B grade on bidirectional (33-50ms added). When I got all down to A+ grade and 0ms added latency my connection was much better.

Hi! Its working now thanks!

done it . thanks

Ah d'accord merci beaucoup pour vitre aide et votre patience !! ❤️

NAT is not something the Geo-Filter can cause being open or moderate. You either have an Open NAT or you don't. You do have an Open NAT. The Geo-Filter blocks the server to test your NAT - it's not causing a moderate NAT. The test because it is unable to reach the server defaults to showing moderate. When it is able to reach the server i.e. with the Geo-Filter disabled then it is able to show you Open. This does not mean you only have an Open NAT with the Geo-Filter disabled and Moderate with it enabled. The NAT is open in both scenarios, it is just the reporting that is different. @Krush can you translate what I'm saying please?

I figured it out, i had my network selector in Fortnite to na east, once i put it in auto it went back to normal

It's not unlikely it will come back at all. It will be updated again

I'm part of the Early Access for DumaOS4 but I can't find the file for that. Any help with that? Edit: Nevermind, lol. My fault.

The R2 was sold with DumaOS 3, DumaOS 4 wasn't advertised as a reason to buy the R2, it was developed on the R3 itself and to get it on the older R2 hardware was a challenge that we didn't need to do but wanted to for our customers. We've explained why there have been delays and this hasn't just been for the R2 either. We never promise firmware because it's always subject to change, I've said many times we don't provide ETAs. The next R2 DumaOS 4 firmware would be the final firmware so the more time we take the more stable it will be overall. Also it is a support forum so there are only people posting issues here.

I still have my R1 from 2015 that i purchased for Advanced Warfare.

Killed a Warzone dev mid-game… everything felt normal… we get the DUB… then BOOM 💀 My teammate (level 1000) instantly shadow banned… and I get a console com ban. I don’t even have a mic plugged in 😂 That’s the wild part about this clip though before all that, the connection was solid. You can literally see me fry him. No delay. Shots registering. Gunfights actually making sense. R3 doing its job… when everything’s consistent, you can tell what’s skill vs what’s not. 🎥 Watch it here 👉 https://youtube.com/shorts/u9WKda7a6oA?si=q3MEnwD5Sqh35bFp — 🔗 All Platforms & Links: https://toddzillainla.carrd.co/ 💬 Discord: http://discord.gg/zillagaming (if it’s dead, add me @toddzillainla) Or watch here 👇 Thanks for watching! 🙏🎥❤️✨

As the physical setup has changed the same settings for QoS may not work as well so you'll just need to fine tune it more - don't rely on auto setup just adjust it manually - we usually suggest starting at 70% then adjust by 10% up or down (it doesn't always have to be lower) until you get to a value that's pretty good then try 5% either side of that value to see if it can be improved further. Download & Upload also don't need to be on the same percentage, you may have different percentages where they each give the best results. It is important you have set the speeds you pay for/expect into the router though so it's using that as the basis, otherwise if you've left it with the speeds the in built speed test came back with for example then you may have them set too low and then you're then making it even lower than needed with the percentages.

I've followed through with the setup you two have recommended me with a lot of testing and it seems like it was a local network problem not BT, however, I still get jitters whilst in games but it's fine and I'm scoring an A. I appreciate the help, it's helped out a lot. Regarding the removal of the bt hub, that's something I can't do. I live in an old flat/estate building so I'm on a DSL cable which that can't go into the R3, hopefully one day I move out I can get FTTP 😭

https://forum.netduma.com/forum/151-netduma-r3-early-access/

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.

Hi all! App version 1.3.26 is now available on the App Store & Play Store for iOS and Android. Not many changes since 1.3.20, but here they are: Fixed iOS 26 can't interact with views Fixed Ping Heatmap doesn't display servers with longitude of 0 Updated to use new Netduma Logo The biggest issue was an incompatibility with iOS 26, which was causing a lot of issues. This release should resolve those issues.

I appreciate the info and it helped a lot! Happy to be part of the Duma gang again.

Sorry to hear that! We don't give out any ETAs but hopefully not much longer for one

Hello bro thanks for your reply. So I'm confused, what should we be doing? Turn on Geo filter and set my location to which country? I live in the UK so I just want to understand. Thank you bro!

Thanks Fraser

Okay that's good then, the router isn't limiting you, it's just the speed test provider the router uses isn't always the most accurate so you can ignore that

Ya I've addressed all of this. Thanks though

steady ping has been an absolute game changer for me when the server gets destroyed to lag and etc. try it out. I kept mine on default value

All sorted somehow

I will pass it onto the team, it's a good suggestion!

Hi guys, Just wanted to pop into the off-topic section and introduce myself. I've been reading the forums for a while and figured I'd finally say hello. Hope everyone's connections are stable and the lag is non-existent today. Happy gaming!

Thank you very much, we do appreciate it, I'll pass it on!

i reached out to nord and they said it has something to do with cod and vpns i got a refund and took protonvpn ..im using the wireguard which works amazing on the r3 you can close this topic

i geofence the same servers as bo6 and it works perfect

Rumor has it that Microsoft is finally using Azure servers for Call of Duty. I think this may be the case as there are some new locations that have never appeared before. Like @DanologyUK mentioned if you played the beta the servers will be in the same spot. Black ops 6 will be a decent indicator of where servers should be. You can always have your geofilter page open and the moment you load into multiplayer you'll see every server available worldwide for a few seconds. You can click individual servers to see what the best ping is ETC.

We don't announce any hardware until we're ready to, that being said we're focused on this big update right now

Okay well the PingPlotter results are looking very good so I think you can ignore the waveform test

You're posting here asking for help and yet you will not take the advice of someone who has been providing support since the company launched 11 years ago. I don't quite know how you think that you know more about the problem you're having than I do but I'm sorry to say that what I have said is correct. If I wasn't correct then everyone would have the exact same issue and they don't. Regardless, if there was an actual issue that needed a firmware update, saying fix the issue is extremely unhelpful, it provides no information about the scenario in which your issue occurred, your full settings, setup etc. If you're not going to engage with the support that you have requested I don't know how else I can help you. In order to really fine tune your Congestion Control percentages you should follow these instructions: Follow this guide https://support.netduma.com/frequently-asked-questions/legacyfaqs/test-your-ping/ while downloading & start with 95% for Congestion Control (set to Always), check results, decrease by 10%, check, decrease by 10% etc, until you get to a value that is pretty good & then try 5% either side of that value to see if it can be improved. Download & Upload on Congestion Control don't have to be the same value & you may have a better experience with differing values.

The R3 is the worst piece of networking gear I’ve ever used. It tanked my internet speeds, ruined my PS5 performance, and made my gaming experience significantly worse. Connecting directly to my ISP router wipes the floor with your product. This was advertised as a premium solution, but in reality, it’s a downgrade and a waste of money. I’m done wasting time troubleshooting something that should have worked out of the box.

Hey Netduma fellows, Hope you’re all having a great day! I wanted to share the best settings I’ve found for improving my online gaming experience. Now, I’m not sure if the Netduma team will be happy about this because, honestly, none of these settings are related to the Netduma router. I’ve been using Netduma routers for over five years, starting with the R1 model. Sometimes, they performed great; other times, not so much. Over time, I began to question whether using QoS alone was the best approach—until I was introduced to SQM (Smart Queue Management). Some of you might already be familiar with SQM, CAKE, and FQ_CoDel, but let me tell you—SQM is an absolute game-changer when running on high-performance router hardware with OpenWRT. My Solution for Consistent Performance The key to getting good, consistent results (which has helped me maintain a 3+ K/D ratio in every FPS game) was: 1. Using a high-performance router that supports OpenWRT 2. Enabling CAKE as the QoS algorithm Since CAKE requires significant CPU power, I chose the Flint 2 router, which can efficiently shape over 500 Mbps of traffic while running CAKE. The Best Part? Set It and Forget It The only tuning required is adjusting overhead and MPU (Minimum Packet Unit) settings. Other than that, once set up, it just works. That’s all I wanted to share. Hope this helps someone out there struggling with network consistency!