Welcome R2 owners! We want your feedback!

[Netduma Fraser]

1 hour ago, Labull said:

Hey, 

I have done the update to 3.2.453 and after done a factory reset. 

I play call of duty on a PlayStation 5 and as you can see there is no gaming showing up in network monitor? This is causing lag and super bullets. Any suggestions on what to do? 
 

I’m on a R2 router only a couple of months old. 

We're working on that aspect, it shouldn't cause you lag though, make a new topic and include a screenshot of your QoS & Geo-Filter pages and let us know what ping you're seeing on the Geo-Filter and in game.

[Labull]

Here is my settings. I have turned geo-filter of and its much better even if I have people from US in my lobby now (I live in Europe). Also if i turn QOS completely off and it feels better as well and much smother in game today but it is still not great like it was before the upgrade to 3.2. software. any thoughts? thanks 

[Netduma Fraser]

You can reset Bandwidth Allocation, gaming barely uses any, how do you normally have Congestion Control set? If you're finding better luck with the Geo-Filter off then try forcing servers slightly further away, even with a higher ping they may be more stable.

[DanJayy]

hey guys can someone link me the new firmware download please

[Netduma Fraser]

11 hours ago, DanJayy said:

hey guys can someone link me the new firmware download please

You can always find it pinned at the top of the R2 support forum:

https://forum.netduma.com/topic/39522-new-r2-firmware-32453/

[Labull]

I use auto detect internet speed. When i use Congestion Control i usually do auto-setup it always give me 100% on upload and 99% on download. When i use advanced setup it always give med 50% on both upload and download. 

I have also tried to lower both upload and download all the way to 1% nothing seams to work. 

 

In the Traffic Prioritization settings. should i add my PS5 and have wireless type at gaming/wireless? also should i have WAM checked? i use cabel to my PS5. 

[Netduma Fraser]

1 hour ago, Labull said:

I use auto detect internet speed. When i use Congestion Control i usually do auto-setup it always give me 100% on upload and 99% on download. When i use advanced setup it always give med 50% on both upload and download. 

I have also tried to lower both upload and download all the way to 1% nothing seams to work. 

In the Traffic Prioritization settings. should i add my PS5 and have wireless type at gaming/wireless? also should i have WAM checked? i use cabel to my PS5. 

What is the model of the modem/router the R2 is connected to? Are ALL devices connected to the R2? What is the average ping you're seeing on the Geo-Filter/in game?

You've set Traffic Prioritization correctly so you can leave that as it is.

[Oren Tasuna]

Hi,

Suggestion for improvement on port forwarding tab - please add option to enable disable specific rules (or otherwise enable/disable port forwarding completely), in current implementation if I want to toggle between port forwarding and DMZ/UPnP, my only option is to manually delete all port forwarding rules (and for that I suggest also multi selection so we won't need to do it for each rule).

Thanks

[Netduma Liam]

4 hours ago, Oren Tasuna said:

Hi,

Suggestion for improvement on port forwarding tab - please add option to enable disable specific rules (or otherwise enable/disable port forwarding completely), in current implementation if I want to toggle between port forwarding and DMZ/UPnP, my only option is to manually delete all port forwarding rules (and for that I suggest also multi selection so we won't need to do it for each rule).

Thanks

That's already been added, I don't know whether it'll be in the next release or the one immediately after, but it won't be long!

[Oren Tasuna]

43 minutes ago, Netduma Liam said:

That's already been added, I don't know whether it'll be in the next release or the one immediately after, but it won't be long!

Great, thanks!

[Mostwest]

Suggestions for improvement:

-better wifi, but r2 has pretty bad wifi. So.maybe r3 could fix that 

-ability to disable features you don't use by having a management page, turn off feature could fix some problems in the pipeline, and get overall best speed and would make troubleshooting easier but turn off whatever is not in used

 

-R3 should have atleast 2.5 gb support both in Wan and atleast 1 lan and the other 3 lans could still be 1gb each ports

 

-be able to register manually server for games not in the geofiltering list to be able to use it outside those 10 games

 

-be able to change the classified game list and add packets or ports of other games because now those packets they are not recognized as games pack but just priority packets

[Netduma Fraser]

@Mostwest thank you for the suggestions!

1. There is a limited amount we can do via the software but we're doing what we can
2. We kind of already have the functionality for that but I don't know if there are plans currently to make this active
3. For our customer base I think this is a bit overkill and would drive up the price quite a lot and exclude a lot of our customers as there are very few who have over 1Gbps
4. Could you expand on what you mean exactly?
5. You can make custom rules to prioritize ports currently

[John Ross]

Hi there, bought the Netduma R2 on 16/11/22 it was delivered to Ireland on 18/11/22 two days to Ireland brilliant service. The router itself is decent quality and very easy setup. I connected directly to the ONS wall port through Netduma wan port doing away with ISP's Fritzbox, the network settings are simple to input once you have your ISP user and password, most providers supply this. I have a 1GB connection and it runs perfectly.

The DumaOS is pretty much self explanatory, very easy to follow and setup Qos, Geo filter, ping etc.

Been using the geo filter for my Xbox one s for MW2 and ps4 for other games it seems to work spot on, been connecting to local servers eg Demonware and London dedicated servers, some in Amsterdam all giving low ping games. All in all it's a decent experience.

Been using the android app on phone, noticed it sometimes freezes when using geo filter but overall it works well, handy to see what servers and ping are available and connected while in game lobby.  

So far it's a very positive experience and I have noticed better game play and easier find games. Cheers all.

[Netduma Fraser]

Brilliant to hear that @John Ross thanks so much for letting us know your experience!

[Mostwest]

On 11/18/2022 at 4:21 PM, Netduma Fraser said:

@Mostwest thank you for the suggestions!

1. There is a limited amount we can do via the software but we're doing what we can
2. We kind of already have the functionality for that but I don't know if there are plans currently to make this active
3. For our customer base I think this is a bit overkill and would drive up the price quite a lot and exclude a lot of our customers as there are very few who have over 1Gbps
4. Could you expand on what you mean exactly?
5. You can make custom rules to prioritize ports currently

1. yes. Software wise there is not much to do about that, That's why i said R3 as next hardware upgrade

2. That should be easy to code, it's already there but not for the consumer

3. The thing is that most of Motherboards have now 2,5gb ports and R3 would make it future proof. It's a gaming router that already cost around 200$ pretty sure most of the people would be happy to have a 2.5gb ports instead of using other routers

4. As now the Geofilter list can't be modified by the consumers, it would be cool if we were able to make it work regardless if the game is in the list or not. Right now only works for some games, but if we know the server or R2 would be able to save the list of the one used and exclude the one with biggest ping

 

5. Yes, you can manually add those ports but as for now they are not recognized as gaming traffic, but unknown traffic so the distribuition based on games wouldn't make sense.

 

As A side note would be cool if R2 with a software could just scan the exe of the game and in 1-2 weeks could automatically create rules for ports that are used. This would definitely help the devs, speeding up times and every consumer would be happy.

Software could do like register all ports used by game.exe (example) in 1-2 weeks of gaming it would be able to map those ports and send them to the R2 to be added automatically.

[Netduma Fraser]

@Mostwestthanks for the feedback, you have made some good points there. For the Geo-Filter, using the Games Console service will allow it for any game if that game works at the time (excluding potential updates from us that are needed). Prioritization and Bandwidth Allocation are different, BA can still tell you're gaming, it doesn't rely on Traffic Prio. 

We're actually going in a different direction for getting all games sorted and able to be prioritized pretty quickly so we're a bit ahead of you on that one, we're going the DPI route rather than ports which is more specific.

[FntX]

I'd highly welcome an import/export function for the configuration (General stuff like ip address, wan/lan settings and DHCP as well as hostnames) since the amount of times you have to do a factory reset is quite ... unusual to say the least and I got a lot of reservations configured...

Other than that, when it's working, it's working brilliant.

[Netduma Fraser]

1 hour ago, FntX said:

I'd highly welcome an import/export function for the configuration (General stuff like ip address, wan/lan settings and DHCP as well as hostnames) since the amount of times you have to do a factory reset is quite ... unusual to say the least and I got a lot of reservations configured...

Other than that, when it's working, it's working brilliant.

That is something that has been requested before so it is likely to be added in future

[FntX]

I have another suggestion:

I'm running a /16 network and the DHCP is limited to the first block of addresses.

Example: 10.0.0.0/16 

Range is only available from 10.0.0.1-10.0.0.255

It would be nice if this could be configurable depending on the masks used.

 

[Netduma Liam]

32 minutes ago, FntX said:

I have another suggestion:

I'm running a /16 network and the DHCP is limited to the first block of addresses.

Example: 10.0.0.0/16 

Range is only available from 10.0.0.1-10.0.0.255

It would be nice if this could be configurable depending on the masks used.

 

Thanks for that, let me add that too!

[JustinCase]

After about one month of use, except the "vanishing" of MW2 servers which is actually WIP AFAIK, my experience with R2 is giving me mixed feelings.

Hardware-wise it's ok, I'd like more HP under the hood, but is "enough" to do its job.

Let's talk now about 3.2.453 on R2.

The Congestion Control and QoS part seems to work very well, finally bufferbloat is no more a thing in my home network, but I think there are parts of the OS in deep need of improvements.

Just to mention a couple things, in System Information, the Network Status tab doesn't display the correct external IP address, but the very first one the system has seen, from a month ago (it doesn't refresh the info), while in the Installed Rapps tab every switch is just greyed-out, cosmetic, I'm not allowed to "pause" or shut-down anything nor to make any change in whether or not I want every rapp to start at boot-up.

It could be useful to just tell the system to not boot-up some unused rapp, to save system resources and make everything in use more snappy, I'd highly appreciate to be able to tell the system, just as an example, to not initialize the ad-block rapp which I don't make use of, or any other one.

To better explain another thing in which I'd like to see improvements I cannot avoid to mention the Geo-Filter and Ping Heatmap assembly:

Fast Search is not defined in the contextual help nor anywhere else to my knowledge, I'd like to know what it does, there is no way to manually add the IP of a server-client to a block/allow list, you can do it only through the Ping tab in the Geo-Filter "rapp", of course only if you could catch on the fly the desired IP (almost impossible if Auto-Ping is on), while in the Ping Heatmap rapp you can add an IP to a list, but everything you can do is just that, or "ping" that list, while you cannot interact anymore (except for deletion) with the allowed/blocked list in the Geo-Filter side, in which, furthermore, you have no clue on the IP address behind the ID of the node.

In a perfect world I'd like to see a merge between Geo-Filter and Ping Heatmap or, to say at least, a better interoperability between the two "rapps", a better interaction between shared (and useful) lists, context menus to allow/block/ping everything in sight, a "slow mode" for Auto-Ping (otherwise is almost useless), I'd like to not see anymore an IPv6 entry in the logs while IPv6 is disabled everywhere, I'd like to see blocked servers icons in Geo-Filter while ATM it seems the system never-ever blocks anything, I'd like to see "functioning" toggle switches for rapps to start or not, I'd like to have an overall more polished experience.

Please don't get me wrong, being english not my first language, I know there's the risk I could be misunderstood, to be crystal clear, I love DumaOS, I think the idea behind it is just "genius", what I'd like to say is just I think you guys have gold in your hand, I hope you can make it shine a lot more ... and I'll be glad to help.

Thanks for bearing with me in this long post and keep up your excellent job.

[Netduma Fraser]

@JustinCase thank you for your feedback, to address your points, does the IP on Sys Info update after a reboot? The Rapp panel is intentionally unable to be used for the moment but that may come into play in the future. We are actually planning/working on merging the Geo-Filter and Ping Heatmap together so they will be more useful together, that will be a ways off. Allowing manual additions to allow/deny has been requested before so it's on our list to potentially add.

I'd recommend signing up for Early Access so you can try any new builds there: https://forum.netduma.com/topic/39415-introducing-early-access/

Glad to hear you're enjoying it overall though!

 

[JustinCase]

5 hours ago, Netduma Fraser said:

@JustinCase thank you for your feedback, to address your points, does the IP on Sys Info update after a reboot? .../snip...

Unfortunately, as I said, the external IP address in Sys Info Network Status doesn't update, regardless whether you reboot the device 12 times or shoot it with a 12 gauge, it's stuck I believe on the very first IP it has seen a month ago or so, even if it doesn't affect anything, could be nice to have it display a correct info.

I'm definitely enjoying the thing, otherwise I'd not be here, and thanks for the invite to apply for early access, I'll do my best to help the thing shine even more.

[Netduma Fraser]

58 minutes ago, JustinCase said:

Unfortunately, as I said, the external IP address in Sys Info Network Status doesn't update, regardless whether you reboot the device 12 times or shoot it with a 12 gauge, it's stuck I believe on the very first IP it has seen a month ago or so, even if it doesn't affect anything, could be nice to have it display a correct info.

I'm definitely enjoying the thing, otherwise I'd not be here, and thanks for the invite to apply for early access, I'll do my best to help the thing shine even more.

Interesting okay, what does the IP end with? Does the WAN & public IP both show the outdated address?

[JustinCase]

6 hours ago, Netduma Fraser said:

Interesting okay, what does the IP end with? Does the WAN & public IP both show the outdated address?

Actually the R2 is configured to static IP as DMZ to the gateway (no security concerns, I just use it for my gaming consoles and a laptop I use for accessing its web interface), its WAN IP reported address is the IP of its configured WAN interface (in a /24 subnet), which is correct, if I switch to PPPOE (relying on the PPPOE passthrough protocol on the gateway) the correct public IP is displayed in the WAN IP field, but in both cases the Public IP field stays the same, stuck to an old value in the range of one of my provider's pools.

I tried switching back and forth from static to pppoe and viceversa several times (not dhcp, since I've disabled it on the gateway) and rebooting the router with no results, that Public IP shown seems iron cast and is definitely wrong, since the Public IP of the gateway has changed like tens of times in the past weeks.

I assume it should display the actual Public IP dynamically assigned to the gateway from the provider while in static and the same value as WAN IP when in PPPOE, am I wrong ?