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Hello @vincent4101 @Netduma Fraser will be back in the morning to further help you.. Just be patient and he will help get you up and running asap.. Thanks! Zippy..

@jorlanjorge Here is how you use Port Forwarding on the R3.. 1) Give your port a Rule name. 2) select either "Port" or "Port Range".. If you are only opening one port then you would select "Port" as you are only forwarding one port.. 3) Enter the port number you want to forward in each field.. example would be 3659.. Source Start 3659 Source End 3659 Destination Start 3659 Destination End 3659 4) select TCP or UDP or Both 5) Save the rule.. You have just forward one port.. Sometimes you have to restart the device for the rule to take effect.. If you have any other questions with Port Forwarding just let me know! Thanks! Zippy..

Basically it works just as Fuzy and Fraser have mentioned.. 👍 Ive used this feature exclusively and very much like it! It may not seem like a good idea to actually add ping to ones connection.. But in this situation it is what you want.. A Steady Ping to the game server will result in a much more responsive type game performance.. Things that ive noticed is hit detection has improved. Aiming is much more stable. And of course the game feels smoother.. Jitter in any game is a killer.. Steady Ping helps with that.. Steady Ping does not fix a bad line though.. And it does not make you the gaming god! But it will help bring your gaming to a new level! What this really has improved for me is how much more steady my sniping aim is.. Which has led to me getting many more sniping kills! Not to mention no scopes ha ha which I love those! Thanks! Zippy.

Zennon, You will enjoy the Steady Ping feature! Its a brilliant feature that works! You can tell the difference.. Even if you dont use QoS the feature does a good job.. All the best! Zippy.

Now isnt that a pretty sight! Looks like Santas sleigh being loaded! I heard those that get theres have been nice! And those that dont have been naughty.. Something to think about! Ha ha jk jk Happy Holidays everyone! Enjoy your new R3s! Zippy.

You will be very pleased! Zippy.

@ReaperHackz You made a very smart purchase! You will be amazed! There is no other out there like Netduma! Again congrats on your purchase/preorder.. You will be very pleased. Zippy.

Theres a tremor in the force! Its a R3volution! Zippy.

Thats exactly what Fraser means.. Connect directly to your modem with your PC and see if you can connect then.. Basically take the R2 out of the equation.. Post back your results then.. Thanks! Zippy.

Its highly unlikely that is an actual attack.. The Ip is actually Facebook and is coming from the Chicago data center.. If you have Facebook or someone in your family does thats likely what is triggering it.. I call these type of attacks false positives.. The downfall from this though is Netgear tagging it as such.. Which can cause the site not to perform properly.. Netgear actually even calls my ISP DNS servers an attack at times.. Not to mention other sites like MS.. My router will be fine for days.. Then out of nowhere the Netgear router will all of a sudden start popping these up.. If you start to notice more and more of these and you start to notice a performance issue do a reboot and see if that helps.. Thats the only work around that I can come up with at this time.. Which isnt the best solution.. Because over time they do seem to comeback.. Thanks. Zippy.

Would also love to see an update on this Fraser! Thanks! Can we use the Geo on this game yet or is that something that 343 has permanently blocked from doing so for good? Zippy.

Welcome Kieran! Looking forward to the more content as well. Good luck with it all.👍 Zippy.

Awesome video! Wish you all the best with Netduma! Id have to imagine working for such a nice company is quite a treat! Again all the best! Zippy.

Give it a try if you want.. Again I do find myself like one of the only one that uses IPV6.. I just find that part strange.. lol..Im not sure if different ISP are at different stages of there IPV6 roll out or what the deal is there.. Thanks! Zippy.

Thats interesting.. For me I have IPV6 enabled on both WAN and LAN and it seems to perform better for me.. Im on the Xbox and have upnp off and no port forwarding rules and no dmz used.. But I do get an Open NAT even with all of that off.. Which is correct for IPV6 to work like that.. I think im the only one using IPV6.. lol.. Thanks! Zippy.

Did you happen to know or remember when you had IPV6 enabled did you have upnp on or have any port forwarding rules active while using IPV6? I would think that is what it means yes! I just found it a bit confusing that in the new network test for remote play on my xbox that it said my outbound port was open.. Which is 3074. It was just funny it mentions outbound but doesnt mention inbound with it.. Not sure exactly what it means by that test on my xbox.. I would have just thought it would state your xbox port is Open.. And not mention inbound or outbound.. To me when I seen that test I was like what about inbound.. Idk really what that means.. Could be nothing.. But yet strange.. Zippy.

Hey I was going to ask you if you are using IPV6 at all? Or are you using strictly IPV4? Makes me wonder if having a Moderate NAT helps to keep the flow of traffic in both directions more even? One thing I found strange about having an Open NAT with an Xbox is port 3074 is Opened on outbound only.. It never does mention of an inbound port being Open.. A while back I notice Xbox added another test into there network settings and I believe its for remote play...Have you noticed this test? Even though it stated everything was good when performing that test it only mentioned my outbound port being Open.. One would think there should be an inbound port as well? Anyways just wanted to share that.. Wasnt sure if you ever noticed that or not.. Thanks! Zippy.

I also noticed that a Moderate NAT type does tend to give better results.. Even though this doesnt make much sense having a Moderate NAT but it comes down to what works for each person.. So there really is no wrong or correct answer.. Go with what works. Ones MTU on the other hand I find as a very interesting beast.. Normally one would just leave our current setting.. Which in most cases is 1500 for most people.. But with that said rarely do any servers run at a full 1500 MTU value.. There always lower.. Google, Facebook, Cloudflare, MS, ect. all run at values bellow 1500 MTU value.. So what does this mean.. Path MTU Discovery is what sets the MTU value when we connect to a server..Even a game server.. Both IPV4 use this and IPV6 use this.. PMTUD sends a message of packet to big try this instead to set the MTU.. But from my readings is Path MTU Discovery is not really that reliable.. Specially now when we have IPV6 in the mix.. Regardless even if you have IPV6 disabled on your home network chances are if you connect to a server like Google or MS or a big data center your likely going through some sort of tunneling which having the correct MTU value is even more important.. Just to be clear im not saying for anyone to go and start changing there MTU value.. If things are working well for you Id leave well enough alone! The only reason I mentioned the above is theres alot of factors to take into consideration when things arent right.. And im only really touching on a few of them.. Zippy.

Thank my friend! Will give it a go in a bit. Zippy.

Fraser I have to ask are these cloud updates at least being done over https? This is an answer I feel needs to be asked. I get this is a gaming router but I sure hope Cloud Updates are over a secured connection. Also why does this router rely so heavily on clearing ones browser cache and cookies? I have beta tested a lot of routers over time and I honestly have never seen so much talk about browser cache and cookies. I have the XR500 and this type of talk doesn't scream superior to me at all. And the fact ive never run across this before from other routers might mean its not a good idea. So when I log into my router does it make a connection through my browser to some server every time I login? Is the router trying to make a connection to a server? How about when one flushes the cloud on the Geo Filter? Is it trying to communicate to a server for these cloud or profile updates? Also what about these R-Apps. Why is it these start to take longer to load? Are those only communicating between me and my browser/router? Those aren't trying to communicate outside to some server are they? Thanks Zippy.

Ive tried IPv6. But im on the Xbox One X. Not sure what your playing on. I personally like IPv6. The last few months Xbox Live has sent out a few updates that are really pushing IPV6. The only problem is DumaOS doesn't fully support IPV6.. And even the XR500 doesn't give one full control of it either. We would need a good firmware update to get that on board. But give it a try and experiment a bit would be my suggestion. I personally want IPV6.. By disabling Share Excess you are basically locking your devices on the flower to hard bandwidth limits. Meaning they wont change even if other devices are not using anything. I feel it helps to stabilize my connection better by keeping the bandwidth consistent.. Again experiment with it and see what works best for you.. Zippy.

Well welcome!! Im also gaming on the Xbox One X. Try that and see how your gaming goes. Don't be afraid to experiment a bit with giving more or less.. You will find everyone is going to have theres set a little different.. There really is no magical setting. If you have questions or need help feel free to ask! Zippy.

Honestly then I would just allocate more bandwidth to your gaming pc or whatever it is your gaming on..Hope that makes sense. Your bandwidth allocation is the flower. Btw welcome to the forum.. Seems like you might be new here! 👍 Zippy.

Some use both. I personally have only been using UDP. Experiment with this. Try both then try UDP.. See if one way or another performs better for you.. Zippy.

Rodney if your on Fiber connection then I would try to not use ABB. How many devices do you have connected to your router? Zippy.