Netduma Fraser

That's true, with Steady Ping it does open up games/markets we couldn't fully improve before! We'd never say no to some captures, it would certainly help speed it up, thanks! https://forum.netduma.com/topic/51505-adding-new-games-and-applications-to-dumaos/

I don't think one is better than the other necessarily but if you try to not put the NAT check the game does through the VPN then it may appear open but really if you're using a VPN then you're not going to get an Open NAT. For connecting to the VPN using UDP or TCP doesn't matter, you can use either, I doubt you'd notice any difference between the two in terms of performance. 80/443 is used for general traffic like browsing websites. I don't think it's necessary to specifically block ports, as long as you don't have your network open to the internet then you're fine.

How have you set the Etisalat router to ensure all traffic flows to the R3? E.g. R3 in its DMZ, modem/bridge mode

Have you disabled DHCP or blocked the device in Device Manager or made an Internet Rule, anything like that?

Traffic Controller is essentially a parental control feature, it's not a prioritization feature, by making a rule here you're superseding the Geo-Filter - presumably you're allowing all traffic to the device when the Geo-Filter is trying to restrict traffic - you're essentially telling the router to do opposite things at the same time. You just need Traffic Prioritization on the QoS page.

I don't think anyone has requested this game as it's not our demographic and we tested it many years ago and it didn't work with the Geo-Filter and just caused you to get penalties so we just left it alone. I'll ask the team to test it for use with SmartBOOST, Steady Ping etc.

It has been requested before and it was something we were looking into at one time, I think once we've got the R3 to a place we want it that's probably something we can revisit.

That's weird, I've not seen it before, I'll pass it on just in case though. Is there any pattern you can see regarding when you get the disconnect at all?

Glad to hear it's working better for you now! Two things to keep in mind for a new update, if you're having an issue that you weren't previously it's always good to do an update. Also settings that may have worked on a previous version may not be the best settings on the new version so you may need to fine tune - particularly with QoS.

Well done, thanks for helping!

You can try the above but otherwise it is very normal to get a worse NAT when using a VPN

I think you may need an SFP+ module/converter so you can connect it to the R3

Are you referring to Traffic Prioritization on the QoS page or a rule you've made on the Traffic Controller? If the latter, that isn't a prioritization and that's why it's not working. You want the specific prioritization option at the bottom of the QoS page.

Yes that one should work

It's certainly possible, especially if you had a device that connected via ethernet and WiFi at different points, they'd each appear as a different device. Glad it's still working!

There is no specific video for it but you need a VPN subscription from a 3rd party provider that can give you the OpenVPN or Wireguard VPN files which you can then enter into the router

That's entirely up to the devs, if they can squeeze it into the next update they will

Spikes that can't be eliminated by QoS are otherwise essentially impossible to counteract so it's the best solution to keep your connection stable

It really depends on your connection and the severity of spikes/jitter you usually get, based on yours simple should be sufficient except in those cases where it can't cover the big spikes - it depends how often those big spikes happen, if it's frequent then it may be best to use expert but your overall ping will be higher then.

If you're getting the same issue on two different ISPs, no one is using the internet/QoS is enabled and you're forcing local servers then that very much sounds like a game issue. I would not be surprised if a lot of people are returning to warm up for the new CoD beta and putting pressure on the servers

With Congestion Control that can be found in Ping Optimizer > Advanced.

Added, you can find it here: https://forum.netduma.com/forum/144-netduma-r2-early-access/

I'd contact them about the static IP then as it's clearly not working as it should

We're full steam ahead with the DumaOS 4 port for it so that will be the next update coming

We're doing our best to push them towards a release