Works but, 1 ?

[7GTV]

Now one thing I have noticed is that, everybody settings will differ per location, ISP etc. Being in that even the default settings suggested in forum is a place to start but..... i'm sure all that testing was based from uk or wherever duma is actually from to give best results for optimal settings etc. In the end I have found some settings that work and then there comes the inconsistency on a day to day basis were I might have to keep trying to tweak things to see what works for that day. 

 

When I do find a good setting, I do see it working and helps control lag YES. Then that same day or later I would have to re configure my settings accordingly to see what works for that day. I have had duma for over a year now, heard every possible suggestion. My 1 question is ....

 

Will there every be a setting that is option a b or c... im not talking about Profiles..... that will do what it needs to do correctly and every day. 

 

I'm not being negative, believe me, I've done plenty of videos on duma to help others that has helped me. I do have to admit I find myself daily looking for another setting and till I do, it's a stress issue lol, finding it... My statements come from having duma over a year, having a great games, bad ones, playing with this button here and this there. 

 

If I tick this and mess with this... that is one set of Settings.. the combination are endless and that's not a good thing to find a consistent flow with the software on a very basic router. I know it's the software that is the brains.... 

 

Why does this have to be so inconsistent? Take in mind your settings may not work for me UNLESS you live exactly next door with my same ISP and etc..... 

 

Will there be more consistency instead of 1,000 ways to find a setting option for lag comp? 

 

Geo Filter is nice! Glad I can lock it down in texas but CC settings, misc. settings what to tick untick try this and that for games that are good one day then others is like i have to start all over finding the best setting again and again.

 

 

I could tryely be the only person experiencing this, or not. Any thought's anybody?

[Netduma Fraser]

I think most of the problem comes from the fact that as soon as you have a bad game you (not you specifically, a general you) think it is lag so you start messing with settings looking for the perfect setting that will let you get atomizers all day every day. When that isn't going to happen. The Netduma gets you the best connection possible. Keyword being possible here - there are things outside our control e.g. your base ping, your line, the servers themselves etc. With the Netduma setup correctly you will not have any local congestion and you'll be connecting to the closest possible server i.e is resolves networking issues that are in your control. My advice would be to have your settings that work and just leave them like that and forget about changing them on a constant basis. Just my 2cents.

[Sir_smooch]

Yep, the trouble is people expect too much I think and thats just in general in the world we live in today! It's that thing that you work hard for your money so when you spend it on something, you want to get the absolute most out of it (which applies to many things).

 

Unfortunately with online gaming as i have learnt so much more about since being part of this forum is, there is just so many things out of ones control, take online shopping prices for example! They change and go up and down almost on a daily basis at times and by several percent and can be due to a number of factors(demand,competition etc etc) online gaming and internet connections are very similar, connection quality can change very quickly, speeds go up and down, more people can be connected on your local exchange causing congestion's and what not and so on and so on!

 

The point is, i think it is impossible to just have one setting that works everyday, all the time. you have to set your duma for the time you want to use it and leave it at whatever is getting you the best results for that time!

 

That said, the duma is only really going to be effective if the game is suitably setup online for the duma to make the best use of it! Personally im happy with my purchase as i can see where it has improved my experience with certain titles. Either way, I put my vote in, and happy gaming

[7GTV]

I think most of the problem comes from the fact that as soon as you have a bad game you (not you specifically, a general you) think it is lag so you start messing with settings looking for the perfect setting that will let you get atomizers all day every day. When that isn't going to happen. The Netduma gets you the best connection possible. Keyword being possible here - there are things outside our control e.g. your base ping, your line, the servers themselves etc. With the Netduma setup correctly you will not have any local congestion and you'll be connecting to the closest possible server i.e is resolves networking issues that are in your control. My advice would be to have your settings that work and just leave them like that and forget about changing them on a constant basis. Just my 2cents.

I appreciate your comment back, I have to disagree. I do have generally good games daily, then there would be hours that seems as if something isn't right. As you state ''its not going to happen''. That alone is the answer that well help everybody know that it will generally work but, also expect that it won't be everyday 24-7. Thank you for clarifying that as a general statement, that alone express all my questions in one BIG answer. As much as I have respect for your and duma, i think it was wrong for you to assume, ''SOON AS YOU HAVE A BAD GAME YOU'', I know you said that in general... It still was applied to me. I know what you were going with that and the answer plainly is no. I wanted to see more consistency if that were possible, I know this isn't a fixer for every hour every game every day usage. As I stated above it does work.  Fraser, as always sir, thank you for your timely response back and is greatly appreciated. 

[7GTV]

Yep, the trouble is people expect too much I think and thats just in general in the world we live in today! It's that thing that you work hard for your money so when you spend it on something, you want to get the absolute most out of it (which applies to many things).

 

Unfortunately with online gaming as i have learnt so much more about since being part of this forum is, there is just so many things out of ones control, take online shopping prices for example! They change and go up and down almost on a daily basis at times and by several percent and can be due to a number of factors(demand,competition etc etc) online gaming and internet connections are very similar, connection quality can change very quickly, speeds go up and down, more people can be connected on your local exchange causing congestion's and what not and so on and so on!

 

The point is, i think it is impossible to just have one setting that works everyday, all the time. you have to set your duma for the time you want to use it and leave it at whatever is getting you the best results for that time!

 

That said, the duma is only really going to be effective if the game is suitably setup online for the duma to make the best use of it! Personally im happy with my purchase as i can see where it has improved my experience with certain titles. Either way, I put my vote in, and happy gaming

I understand were you are coming from I do, I suggest also you read my reply back to Fraser. Thank you for your comment back.

[XSXS]

What settings are you constantly changing? You remind of myself when I was really into cod but back in the day. Back then i was using a d-link 4500 gaming router. I would change dns settings, try port forwarding, port triggering, change firewall settings, turn off all logs, tick this, tick that, enable and/or disabled this or that just trying to get the best connection. Sometimes it worked sometimes it wouldn't. However i noticed I would get the same results by just backing out to the main menu or trying a new lobby, restarting my xbox and or router.

At the end of the day i realized once my gaming packets left my network i have no control over it anymore.

 

Plus you have these guys throttling their connection to the extreme, decreasing their mtu beyond the recommended setting etc.

 

The only thing any router can do including the R1 is give you the best connection for your network. And from my experience the R1 might be one of the best at it.

 

Basically, i would just use your best settings and just tweak your congestion settings but that is just mho.

[ColonicBoom]

Once your anti-flood is optimised, based on whatever you need to control spikes in your ping, then there are very few things you should be playing with.

Some people will obviously be changing their Geo filter settings quite often, to try different servers. And a lot of people change their anti-flood to 100/100, when they're not gaming, to maximise bandwidth but aside from that everything else should remain unchanged most of the time.

 

You say that the Netduma is inconsistent but why do you not think that it might be the line from your ISP?

As you said yourself, 'there would be hours that seems as if something isn't right'.

This strongly suggests that the ISP's network is overloaded at certain times.

 

Fraser is right, and like he said it's not specifically you.

But it probably does include you because it includes pretty much everybody...

Most people think that when they lose it is because of their connection or the opponent's and then they change things to 'fix' it.

 

They, including me, say "it doesn't feel right".

But just because it doesn't feel the same as when you were in God-mode, rampaging through the enemy as if they were cardboard cut-outs, it doesn't mean that there's something wrong.

 

Maybe the dedi was wobbly, maybe I got unlucky, maybe I got outplayed...

But it wasn't a setting that I needed to change because, once it's set up properly, it's set up properly.

 

(I'm not saying that you're set up wrong either).

[Netduma Fraser]

I appreciate your comment back, I have to disagree. I do have generally good games daily, then there would be hours that seems as if something isn't right. As you state ''its not going to happen''. That alone is the answer that well help everybody know that it will generally work but, also expect that it won't be everyday 24-7. Thank you for clarifying that as a general statement, that alone express all my questions in one BIG answer. As much as I have respect for your and duma, i think it was wrong for you to assume, ''SOON AS YOU HAVE A BAD GAME YOU'', I know you said that in general... It still was applied to me. I know what you were going with that and the answer plainly is no. I wanted to see more consistency if that were possible, I know this isn't a fixer for every hour every game every day usage. As I stated above it does work.  Fraser, as always sir, thank you for your timely response back and is greatly appreciated. 

 

Like I said it wasn't directed at you, there are loads of people I've helped over the years that do that and thats just my observation of doing tech support since launch. Maybe not every bad game as I said but I feel there is a tendency to over think the settings that can be changed on the router when I believe that if its set up right the first time you could leave it like that and enjoy games more. Just my 2cents, of course you can disagree and thats what is great about the forum - discussion!