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reboot the R3 and then do the update. it will work. I just did it on mine.

yeah, I disabled speed test bypass under congestion control. It makes no difference. when I manually adjust the congestion control sliders, I still get really poor Buffer bloat scores. Almost every time I run ping optimizer, it gives me 100% for both upload and download. Also the ping test detects a much lower ping than what the ping optimizer test detects. The difference is from 15 ms to 33 ms. I assume that has more to do with the servers it is connecting to. Makes me think ping optimizer is not working as intended. Is there a way to force ping optimizer to use the same server it is doing the ping test from? Because my actual ping is anywhere from 12-15 ms to the fastest test server. Thanks

make sure the XBOX is powered on so it shows up on the list of devices you can assign the port to. then you have to add each port one by one manually for the device. go to port forwarding. just name the port 3074, then port range starts are 3074 and ends at 3074. at the bottom check both the TCP and UDP boxes. save. do it for all 5 ports. it really is not that different from the R2. you will figure it out once you do the first one.

update: fixed the double NAT error. had to go the NAT/Gaming section in the ATT Fiber Gateway and had to choose Xbox Series X service for DumaOS device. I also turned on UPnP on the R3. I also changed the IP Passthrough Allocation mode from Passthrough to default server and assigned the default server internal address to the IP address the gateway gave the R3.

Got the R3 in today. I thought it would be kind of a simple swap out of the R2 but I was wrong. So far Xbox Series X is showing DoubleNaT (didnt have this issue with the R2), ping optimizer configures itself at 99% download and 100% upload, built-in streaming apps were actually buffering on my TV, and my android IPTV box will not playback video when connected to the R3 as it just stays frozen. I had to connect the iptv box wirelessly to the fiber gateway to get it working again. The buffering stopped in the streaming apps once I manually changed the download and upload congestion to 70%. I still have not messed with the double Nat issue on the Xbox. I restarted both the gateway and the router, just have not turned the xbox back on to see if that solved that problem. I dont know if I will be able to turn DHCP on the gateway off if I cannot use my iptv box through the R3. I really dont think ping optimizer/ congestion control is working properly. I ran multiple bufferbloat tests and they were all Bs and Cs. I used to get A+ and As with the R2. I even had better results before when connected directly to the fiber gateway. I have congestion control set to ALWAYS ON right now. One of the positives so far is more accurate detection of actual internet speed. The R3 detected 914 down/ 883 up. My connection is 950 down & up. The R2 never came close. I miss the little connection benchmark tool the R2 had. The R3 is missing it. Any suggestions to help resolve these issues would be very welcoming. Thanks.

Hey Fraser my R2 was working for a few days again, then started doing the boot-looping thing again and havent been able to get it to work since. I did order a R3 so hopefully I will get one in the next 10 days? For the time being, I connected everything through ATT fiber gateway so it is not the end of the world. It just has no QoS at all.

i have 1 Gb ATT Fiber. The only 2 devices I run through the R2 are my HTPC and Xbox Series X. The wireless radios on the R2 are completely turned off. All other hardwired devices are connected directly through the Humax fiber gateway with the use of a couple of network switches. All tablets and phones connect directly to the Humax wirelessly. The R2 is connected to the gateway. I really did not have to do much to get it to work. All my NAT are completely open on the R2 in this setup. Here is a screenshot of the connection benchmark on the R2 for me: As you can see, the R2 can only detect up to 900 Mbps down and 700 Mbps up. The QoS is set to Always Enable. Down @ 78%, up @ 43%. Here are the bufferbloat test results: I hope this can help the ones of you that have similar 1 Gb fiber connections as I do. The R2 may not be the best one stop do it all router but it can still be very useful in gaming if you can get it setup right and you were lucky enough to get a less flawed router.

so I wanted to chime in here. from what I can tell, the whole auto-detect bandwidth and connection benchmark are clearly affected by whatever servers the R2 is connecting to run these tests. the R2 comes no where close to being accurate on detecting bandwidth speeds. when these servers are corrected, it could change a lot of things for many users of DumaOS 3.

yeah, it is working fine. 1 Gbps is so much unnecessary bandwidth considering most servers you connect to cannot reciprocate.

wrathoftank, I assume you have an ATT Fiber modem. If so, I have a similar setup to you. ATT Fiber modem and an R2. I setup the R2 to go through passthrough mode on the fiber modem and left DHCP enabled on the R2. I only have my xbox and htpc connected to the R2, all other hardwired devices are connected directly to the fiber modem. I am actually using the WIFI6 on the fiber modem. The R2 is simply being used for geo-fencing. The R2 will never detect the proper speeds of 1 GB up and down (its technically 950 Mbps up and down) but the R2 detected 900 down and almost 700 up so I stuck with those numbers. I turned QoS to always on and set both sliders on 70%. I ran the bufferbloat test on the test website on both my desktop pc (directly hardwired to the fiber modem) and on htpc. The results are A+ with the R2 and only A directly from the fiber modem. my ping on COD is often in the mid 20's now. This setup works for me because even though most all my internet capable devices are all hard-wired, rarely am i using multiple devices at once. Using a Netgear GS308 managed switch for those. And wireless devices like phones or tablets are only connected when needed. Connect your Eeros directly to the fiber modem, factory reset your R2 and reconfigure. The benchmark test results on the R2 will be inconsistent but even if you dont get full bandwidth playing COD, you dont need it. Getting bufferbloat down is the biggest difference maker there.

it was. now it shows Open NAT on the Xbox too. I did want to say the benchmark tool still does not accurately detect the download and upload speeds. It is hit or miss one or the other. If DL is near correct, upload is off. When upload is correct, DL is way low.

Get this. On the Xbox networking info screen, it says strict NAT. When you go into Call of Duty and look at the network info, it says NAT:Open. It's working fine. I have been easily able to connect to games. Geo-filter is working because my ping has been the lower and it's the most playable it has ever been. On a side not, I ran the web based bufferbloat test on my HTPC. It tested with a score of A. I ran the same test on my desktop PC that not connected to the R2, it tested with a score of C. I am going to keep the setup I have. I have never been a fan of combo modem/routers but Im going to give it a chance since I can still use the R2 effectively. Thanks for the help guys.

I was able to connect the R2 to the network and connect only the Xbox Series X and my HTPC to it. I had the double NAT problem on the Xbox until i put the R2 in IP passthrough mode. Now the R2 has the same broadband IP as the fiber modem does but it is a strict NAT in the Xbox. I forwarded all the ports for the Xbox in the R2 and even turned UpNp on. Still strict NAT. I cannot add the Xbox to IP passthrough list on the fiber modem as it is not on the list to choose from. The Xbox and HTPC both have a 192.168.77.*** ip address. Do I need to turn DHCP off on the R2? Do I manually try to add the Xbox to the IP passthrough list? you enter the mac address of the device you want to passthrough.

ok thanks Liam. I will give it a shot tonight after my kids go to bed. I have a HTPC on my entertainment stand I can use to set the R2 up with for the Xbox. I know when I connected the R2 to the fiber modem the other night, I had DHCP still on on the fiber modem so it gave the R2 an IP on its subnet. And I already opened the ports needed for Xbox on the fiber modem so it should be just plug and play from what you are saying.

I had QoS set to always enable. When I run speedtest through the speedtest.net app in windows, I get speeds that are more than 70% of the speeds set in the R2 with QoS set at 70%. honestly, the speeds are negligible to me. Do you really need 1 Gbps internet speed? I will probably reduce to 500/500 after a couple of months and save $15 a month maybe. Speedtest.net defaults now to the closest AT&T server which is 230 miles from me and pings at 13 ms. The closest server to me is 23 miles away pings at 26 ms. Any other server near the AT&T server (near Dallas, TX) pings between 12 and 16 ms. I played a few games of Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer last night to test it out. When my ping was in the 20's during the game, I could kill people easily. Games where it was in the upper 30's and 40's, they got the jump on me often. The online multiplayer coding is so poor in the modern games. They still think everyone has 6 Mbps DSL. I am actually ok with this ping because with cable internet, the lowest ping i got in any game of MW2 was 45 ms and that was rarely. Now if I can just use the R2 to simply geo-filter on the Xbox Series X, I could live with that. So how can I do that? Use the cascaded router option? or use the IP passthrough option while enabling DHCP on the fiber modem? All my internet devices are hardwired. I have 3 8-port switches on my network as every room in my house has an ethernet jack. First switch connected to all the rooms and VOIP box. 2nd switch is behind TV / entertainment stand. Using every single port. 3rd switch is with desktop computer and network printer. I can put the R2 behind the 2nd switch behind the TV and connect only the Xbox to it.

Ok, put in passthrough mode and R2 is connected now. Factory reset it by holding the reset button in with a paper clip for 30 secs. In the initial setup, the speed test is detecting 880 Down / 672 Up. Why so low on the UL? I am going to run tests with this configuration. in the benchmark with QoS completely off, the speeds are fairly close to what the R2 initially detected but the ping is still at 28 ms. Im guessing this because of whatever server it is going to to test??? When I turn QoS to 70%, DL speed significantly drops, 427 Mbps. Upload speed is fine. Ping is still at 28 ms. Any suggestions on what can be done to improve these results

I forgot to add that my ping now is at 13 ms on the Fiber. It was between 30-35 ms before on the cable internet. BIG difference.

Alright guys, great news for me. ATT Gigabit Fiber is up and running. I ran a speed test to the closest ATT server and it was pulling 950/950. Right now I do not have the R2 hooked up. Im sure someone knows exactly how to configure the fiber modem for passthrough mode to allow the R2 to work as the primary router. AT&T Fiber modem is a HUMAX BGW320-500. It has an option for cascaded router under Home Network / DHCP & Subnets. This is what it says are the descriptions for the 4 boxes you have to type into: Cascaded Router Enable: When enabled, indicates another router will be behind this device.Cascaded Router Address: The IP address for the router behind this device. The Cascaded Router Address should be in the LAN Private IP subnet range. Use 0.0.0.0 if IP Passthrough is enabled to have the cascaded router get the IP Passthrough address.Network Address: The Network Address that defines the range of IP addresses available to clients of the cascaded router.Subnet Mask: The subnet mask that with the Network Address defines the range of IP addresses available to clients of the cascaded router. I know how to put the modem into passthrough mode but do I need to use this cascaded router setup to be able to use the R2? Also, lets say I decide I only want to use the R2 for the Xbox Series X. I know it is possible and yes I know Qos wont work accurately but I usually dont play Xbox until late in the evening so no other devices are really online and kids are alseep. Would I still use DHCP on the R2 for this this? Any suggestions from you guys would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

QoS is set to always. I set bandwidth speeds to 780/47. Connection benchmark has showed max 447 Mbps. It's ok though. I was finally able to sign up for ATT Fiber today. Supposed to come install it Wednesday morning. I am so excited to finally (hopefully) be rid of my cable internet provider as I have been stuck with them for the last 15 years. When I get the fiber up and running, I will see if I can get the R2 to work with it. I did sign up for the 1 Gbps so lets see what happens. Im putting a screen shot of my connection benchmarks. The ping is about as good as its going to be with my ISP.

ok, i will give that a shot. I know when I have congestion control on auto-enable, the upload ping is crazy high in the benchmark connection tool. A lot of times at night if I am up playing online on Xbox, there is no other internet traffic even though every one of my devices is hardwired. QoS wont really enable.

I factory reset the R2. R2 auto bandwidth detect is now topping out at 447 Mbps. I ran 10 speedtests to one of the closest, fastest servers to me with the windows speedtest app. The average speed was about 780 Mbps. So what I have done now is set the DL bandwidth to 500 Mbps and set QoS at 100%. QoS is set to always. When I run speedtests, they all still show the 700-800 Mbps range DL speeds. I ran a speedtest on the Xbox Series X in the network settings. It showed over 700 Mbps. Do you think that setup will work properly?

ok thank you. I will try factory resetting the router tonight and see what comes of it. I had to swap out my docsis 3.1 cable modem this morning because it wont connect to the my isp anymore (bad modem) and go back to the older docsis 3.0 modem I had before i upgraded to the 1 Gb service. It will only pull down a little over 800 Mbps which I am fine with. And my cable internet provider is straight DHCP. I enable upstream DNS on the R2. It's good to go. Nothing else to set up.

yes, I updated the speeds in QoS and manually set the bandwidth speeds to 900 / 50. When I run connection benchmark with QoS disabled, the max download speed it has ever detected i is 477 Mbps. When I run the speedtest from my ISP, it topped out at 927 Mbps. It is never consistent but I can ran it 3 times in a row and it was between 912-927 for those 3 tests. Any speedtest from speedtest.net all result in lower speed results. Anywhere from 600-800 Mbps. I have been waiting to switch to ATT Fiber when they ever turn the fiber on as they buried it in my front yard back in July. I basically want to see if it is worth it for me to get the 1 Gb / 1 Gb service or just stick with 500 Mbps/500 Mbps depending on how the R2 router will function. No point on paying $20 more a month if I have a router that doesnt fully support 1 Gb.

I have never been able to get the Xbox Series X to detect an IPv6 address from day one with the R2. I believe you guys were still working on that to make that possible.

I was able to get a 1Gbps / 50 Mbps connection from my cable ISP. How do I get the R2 to detect the correct download speed? I ran multiple speedtest directly to the ISP speedtest server and was consistently pulling down between 912 - 927 Mbps. I did this with QoS and Goodput turned off on the R2. Using an Arris SB8200 cable modem. I have currently manually entered 900 Mbps / 50 Mbps as the speeds as auto detect never detects over 477 Mbps. The upload speed detects at 49 Mbps. Any special tricks to make it work?