XR500 dumaOS 3 Beta users - should I or shouldn’t I ?

[BL4CK OPS V3TRN]

Hi All , 

I am currently using the XR500 without DumaOS 3 I have the standard version , everything runs great and stable but I miss the  OS 3 I have on the R2.  Is the current beta version reasonably stable ?  Would be interested too know before I take the plunge    Thanks all 

[Netduma Fraser]

So there is a .114 version that has been linked to some people, I believe that is much more stable than the others but it is a beta so you may have issues, here it is if you want to give it a try:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Pro-Gaming-DumaOS-3-0/New-Firmware-v2-3-2-108-XR500/m-p/2047897/highlight/true#M3540

[BL4CK OPS V3TRN]

Thanks Fraser , I have downloaded and pleased to say all the essential things are working as they should , will keep an eye on it and feedback anything further . One thing I have noticed is the Connection Benchmark does not seems to work ... Below are the screenshots from sliders being at 100 / 75 / 50 / 25 % and QOS set as always 

[Netduma Liam]

That's strange, did you perform a factory reset after installing the new firmware?

[BL4CK OPS V3TRN]

Yes reset the Xr500 , not my ISP modem / router

[Netduma Fraser]

This is something we've been getting reports for but so far have been unable to reproduce it, I've passed yours on to the team for them to have a look.

[BL4CK OPS V3TRN]

Thanks Fraser 

I have noticed something else this morning ,  QOS set to auto enable allows full bandwidth whilst gaming . I have checked speeds whilst gaming on 2 different devices and they both show full bandwidth . When I change the QOS to always then it kicks in .   My QOS is set up as follows :    Auto Enable /  Both sliders set at 50%  / shared allocation on /  and TP is on DumaOS classified . So all seems to be in order in the QOS .   Maybe my 2 issues are linked . Thanks 

[Netduma Fraser]

Do you actually see Traffic Prioritization being active and prioritizing traffic at the time? Also I would recommend a factory reset once you've upgraded as its a big jump in firmware and will prevent any issues carrying over.

[BL4CK OPS V3TRN]

Yes TP is active and the circle is red . Factory reset completed once I upgraded. Well I used the pin in the back of the router then had to go through the set up again if thats what you mean by factory reset . Thanks 

[BL4CK OPS V3TRN]

Hi Fraser ,  okay so I factory re set again via the pin in the back for 30 seconds and went through the process of re signing in as if from new . Noticed that my QOS settings sliders and TP which i added previously have not been wiped .  So i re set again via the ERASE function and went through the process again and QOS settings are still the same ... very odd 

[Netduma Fraser]

Okay thank you, we'll look into that. Disable QoS fully, reboot then enable it again, does it work properly after that?

[BL4CK OPS V3TRN]

Thanks Fraser disable and re booting has done the trick ....