hifi31029 Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 It always needs a minute to finish loading. It constantly drops my VPN. It never finds a player on geo. It keeps telling me to update the firmware after I have and downgraded. Dead IPs left on the map. Opening ports for games not on the lists hasn't worked for me yet. Calling Netgear takes 2 to 3 hours for on of there specialty tech that handles the pro-line of routers. I cant see me keeping the XR700 very long especially now that I just played Team Fortress and the lag was insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG__DOG Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 1.0.1.20 is the current latest firmware. https://www.netgear.com/support/product/XR700.aspx#download. The top box is correct as it is telling you it is the current version you have. Is it popping up saying you need to update or are you clicking on the update icon? You should not normally need to manually update if auto update is enabled. As for Team Fortress is that being played on multiple pc's as I see 2 devices in geo filtering saying gamer-person. What is also the device saying Turtle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hifi31029 Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 Thatts my other sons laptop that isnt even turned on and right now, i want to work on my ports but I staring at this. Besides you can see me is that the second VPN that I bought in 3 days that isnt working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hifi31029 Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 But in all fairness, I port forwarded and gave t f 2 another shot and my ping was 39ms so I guess that's why you could see me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hifi31029 Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 so now I just closed the browser and brought it back up and my VPN is working again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG__DOG Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 24 minutes ago, hifi31029 said: Thatts my other sons laptop that isnt even turned on and right now, i want to work on my ports but I staring at this. Besides you can see me is that the second VPN that I bought in 3 days that isnt working? Those icons are always that colour so the update icon would not indicate there was an update, in the settings section on the left side of the gui is where you can either have the router check for an update or check manually yourself. What is your vpn provider? I strongly advise not using one for gaming because of the rerouting and extra encryption which can add massive lag when gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hifi31029 Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 First I tried pia and now I,m using expressvpn. And how to I keep the rest of my house protected while someone is gaming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG__DOG Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 if you use PIA then also input their dns addresses into the router. I would allow the devices being used for gaming to bypass the vpn which can be done on the router. If you really want to game on a device behind a vpn then choose the closest vpn server to your location. Because a vpn encrypts traffic and reroutes your traffic it will add lag which cannot be eliminated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted March 4, 2020 Administrators Share Posted March 4, 2020 Don't worry about the top right upgrade icon, we're still making changes to that - i.e. currently shows firmware available even though you're on the latest. This is the latest firmware you can try: https://kb.netgear.com/000061714/XR700-Firmware-Version-1-0-1-24-Hot-Fix also for the Geo-Filter, delete the devices in the Geo-Filter, go to the Device Manager and change these to a console device type, then go back to the Geo-Filter and add them. It should work then. We need to update the services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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