Greg_lino

PC exclusively for gaming! Or better yet, a PC exclusively for Warzone rsrs (what a frustrating game). But anyway, I’m going with the port forwarding method. If it works just as well, I’ll stick with it.

It’s definitely a bad idea from a security perspective. But apparently, it solved the game’s audio problem.

Guys who play COD/WZ, I made some configurations that drastically improved my audio. Maybe this will also help those who are experiencing bad audio. I couldn’t hear anything—an enemy could be dancing right next to me, and I wouldn’t hear a thing. Rarely, when the server was stable and the game was running smoothly, I could hear well! But that was rare—out of 10 days, only one day would have 4 or 5 matches like that. That’s when I realized the audio isn’t processed locally on my PC. The enemy audio comes from the server. That’s how I managed to fix my problem: First, I put my PC in DMZ (I believe manually opening the ports would have the same effect). Then, I completely disabled the Windows Firewall—not just through the normal method, but by disabling it 100% via Regedit, because using the standard method, Windows still keeps the firewall running in the background. I believe this happens because, even when “disabled,” the firewall still blocks or delays some audio packets, preventing the game from playing them properly. Something like that must be happening. It could be a placebo effect, or maybe I just got lucky with a good server, as I mentioned earlier. But I played all day, across different modes, servers, and locations, and the audio remained perfect. I hope this helps someone else who’s struggling with the same issue!

Maybe this tip can solve your problem. It partially solved mine, but it's playable! Here's what I did: I performed a factory reset and then installed firmware 4.0.478 (I don't recommend it as it has many bugs). However, I believe a factory reset alone might solve the issue for you! After configuring the R4 with the provider's username and password, I disabled UPnP, disabled SmartBoost, and ran a speed test. In QoS, I set 25% for download and 50% for upload. That's it—I kept the settings as simple as possible. In the bufferbloat test, I got the lowest latency I've ever seen on my connection. In Warzone, my shots hit hard, and it doesn't feel like I'm lagging! Maybe this will work for you too! Netduma R3 doesn't deliver what it promises, so keep its configuration as simple as possible to avoid overloading it.

For those using the PPPoE feature, it becomes quite complicated to skip the entire initial setup process just to clone the MAC address later in the WAN menu. I understand that very few users face this issue and that it could be resolved by simply calling the provider to inform them about the router change. However, it would be a simple implementation that would greatly help PPPoE users.

I would like to test this out. plz