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My phone is my only wireless device and I haven't noticed it anywhere else around the house. Could be poor signal due to the layout of the house but why would it drop and pick straight back up - is it possible its happening when switching bands? Iv done a factory reset as a precaution so il see how things go. I appear to have a stronger signal already and Il also test another phone later on when others are around. Its only from doom scrolling and would be a total non issue if i could trust WIFI assist to kick me back onto 5G but coverage is spotty.

A few seconds after logging onto wireless my R3 drops the connections to my phone. I thought this was due to my aging phone but recently got an Iphone 16e and it still happens. If i go back into the phone settings the network usually re-appears and re-connects right away. Its then hit or miss if it stays connected or not but its usually intermittent. This has happened ever since i got my R3 in August 2024 Sometimes, if i attempt to login to the router using the app from the phone around the same time i reconnect - i get an unknown error on the app - as if the router is refusing my devices connection or is too busy to accept it. My wifi setup is pretty much out of the box, name broadcasting, 2.4/5.0ghz set to auto and WPA-PSK2 encryption. Usually around 3 wifi devices online at any given time. No guest wifi is enabled My room is across the hallway to the living room where the router is located just through the door - the total distance is 4.7m. Iv moved the antenna's orientation around to try manipulate the signal but iv had no joy. Netduma says the connection as Fair/Poor from device manager even with both room doors open. Router runs the latest firmware: v4.0.540. No reports of this problem happening on any other device. Any suggestions appreciated! Jon

Launchers themselves have settings to adjust your download speeds and limits, i know steam and EA app do but they are the only two i use. Even though i have a netduma and 145mb connection it still only goes at the limit of the app. I can't imagine the people that run these launchers can enable every end user to rip their game downloads as fast as they would like without causing an issue, hence the limits.

This is great to see

Is it worth contacting my ISP over just while im on with ironing out creases?

A couple hours later this appears to be about the best i can get it with congestion control always on, funny enough this is right back to the 70% for both up & down. The grouping of the network performance graph lines are much tighter and seemingly more under control - i can only put any other issues down to Dice servers Thanks for the advice gents

Thanks Fraser, it was only while penning this i thought to run the benchmark so il start some testing today at the higher end like you suggest. So im looking to improve my ping under load to the best rating i can basically? The modem is one of those bog standard openreach modems from about 10 years ago. Yes we all connect to the R2 - im wired and the others are wifi.

Im having issues playing Battlefield 1 since i started gaming again last month. I think its partly a Dice server issue but its seemingly being compounded by the wifi devices in the house tugging at the network too. Iv spent about 4 nights chopping and changing settings and i cant fix it its driving me nuts - have i got everything covered off on my netduma? Wired PC + 2 wifi devices (not mine) QOS ON - 70% slider as suggested, Congestion control = Always, 35% bandwidth allocation to PC (issue still present whether i share upload/download excess or not) Duma OS classified games on. No other geo filters/traffic rules setup. Ping to BF1 German servers is about 25-28ms So to provide some context here is a breakdown of the network performance graph: https://youtu.be/XkU26yuBI2Q Im getting the in game network performance graph popping up intermittently with the latency performance indicator explained at about 3:30 in the video, but no latency values indicated on the graph The values that appear to complain are "extrapolation offset" which drives no performance indicator (so i think that a dice thing) and "downstream" which is my connection - when video content is being consumed on one wifi devices i see network use of about 10- 20mb (of 70mb) and the graph flashes constantly - hit reg disappears, cant hit anyone etc It happens less often when i go via nordvpn to the netherlands servers and i generally gain a few ms on ping but im also not going through QOS at that point. Iv slid the sliders right down to 10/20% and all the way to 80/90%. Iv turned wifi off it still happens but with busy wifi it gets much worse. It happens at all times of day, full or empty servers. I have no other problems So yeah nothing currently making any sense and no problems reported on bt wholesale speedtest or diagnostic - However iv just ran a couple of connection benchmarks which states A+ for ping & speed, but only B/C for ping under load - is this my gremlin? Anything iv missed? Any settings to change?

Thats correct Fraser

all has been fine tonight with the wifi and QOS off, however with QOS off now the adblocker does not block any ads. if you switch QOS back on adblock will start blocking ads again. I rebooted the r2 to make sure the app loaded correctly and disabled/re-enabled it but it wasnt until i put QOS back on it started to register anything on the graphs.

3.0.129 is looking good chaps, QOS off and wireless connectivity is fine.

Sorry just catching up on this now - have you had any joy with the hotfix or has the big update now rolled out and i can update to that? If you still need people to try the hotfix i can do it today

I haven't dived too much into many of the gaming features yet but the Adblocker and the sheer amount of requests its blocking is quite something!

No worries chaps im happy to leave QOS on for now its not causing any issues, all my devices are connecting and iv played Battlefield tonight no issues. Il keep an eye on here tomorrow if anyone needs any futher info

IPV6 off in LAN & WAN QOS on wireless connects fine, with QOS off it does not like it

@Netduma Fraser Yeah i dont run QOS all the time so i turned it off not really thinking! Always going to be bumps in the road, glad i dont have to swap any more cables or routers around today though lol

Hi all Fraser - i tried that - didnt work either I retraced my steps like @jayjrlz suggested, i had initially turned off QOS under congestion control as i just wanted to get up & running. Turning QOS back on has allowed me to get connections to my wireless devices - is this intentional? I can turn off QOS on my R1 and not lose wifi connectivity. Saved me a few more minutes doing a factory reset anyway!

Iv attempted changing both 2.4 & 5ghz channels, applying settings, rebooting, and this didnt change anything Iv setup a guest network with a different name and password and i get the same exclamation mark over the wifi symbol and "no internet connection" error Phone is set to automatically assign IP/subnet mask/router - i just turn on wifi put in a password and away it goes usually No biggy, My trusty R1 is right here @Netduma Iain England iv tried a few channels - unless there is a specific channel you want me to try im happy to stay on my R1 this weekend

Iv run that through a couple of times Fraser, no joy im afraid. Although the exclamation mark does go away, im not getting any data to my device (airplane mode on, wifi on connected to R2) Just to confirm, i disabled wifi, saved and rebooted r2, re-enabled wifi saved and rebooted r2. Had a quick look through my R1 wireless settings, only difference is encryption WPA-PSK and channel number.

Yeah so my over the wifi symbol on both iphone and imac - i dont connect wireless from my gaming rig. Yep all antennas are screwed in, il give that a go Fraser thanks

Got my R2 this afternoon, managed to get a wired connection going fine. Gone to get wifi going and im getting an exclamation mark on them and "no internet connection" error probably missed something really easy but - anyone offer a quick fix? toggled 2.4/5.0 mirror on/off, tried them both independently, changed the channels they were sat on, changed encryption type, rebooted the modem, cant seem to get anywhere!

Great news, signed up for beta. Well done all

i tried Vyper and the speeds/ping to european EA servers were terrible. Not what i was looking for from "the fastest" vpn. I need to get on and try a couple more

i know, 2 or 3 monthly trials was meaning 2 or 3 companies monthly trial to see how things go