Feedback on 4.0.23 Beta

[LittleDrag0n]

Please can I have access to .23 aswell? Thank you

[l2eactionz]

On 1/2/2024 at 9:21 AM, TODDzillaInLA said:

something definitely off dont know if its hardware or firmware based, i tested the last 2 weeks, just plugging the r3 in and no changes on original firmware 23+ ping

disabling all wifi with factory settings (nothing tinkered with) ping dropped  5 to 7 ping

completely setting up the router to cater to my needs (COD only) - had no change at all to ping or game play

upgrading to beta .23 ping dropped from 16 to 11 with factory settings and with custom settings, i currently have every options disabled and on a server (IP address) that i would get a 2 to 3ms ping on will not get lower then a 11

just to confirm i plugged my r2 back in and both MP and warzone dropped back down to a 2 and 3 ping

with the r3 from out of the box firmware and settings to beta 23 with customer settings there has not been any difference in the gameplay. no lag no packet loss. hit detection is as it should do not have to vpn or dumb down connection to not get nerfed by the game cause you had a very good last game

with the r2 it has to be dialed in to get a good gaming experience. would just like to compare the r3 and r2 once they have same ping. to there's another firmware update i will be sticking with the r2

I completely agree something is off. I can't hit a stable speedtest at all with ipv6 disabled qos disabled everything disabled and still get really sporadic test results on xr500 and eero I get 920 930mb every test regardless of time of day or congestion not that there is any I live with my partner no kids and normally tested while she's still at work. This router has a really bad throughput issue and it's making no sense can't play on it it's that bad

[Faycalbdhn]

Can i also get the beta firmware please ?

[nedalqasem]

Please, can I have it?  

Does it have hyprid vpn ?

[magiver_fox31]

On 12/30/2023 at 2:06 AM, Netduma Fraser said:

Sent

Can you please send it to me as well?

[dizzy]

On 1/1/2024 at 3:58 PM, Netduma Fraser said:

This sentence "It doesn't even work for the game's listed under the same area of the Geo Filter for when adding devices." didn't make much sense to me, if I understood what you were trying to say I wouldn't have asked for clarification. Steady Ping will not always be able to stabilize a server, nor will it necessarily be able to stabilize every single game, if it's possible we'll expand it. I believe it's something to do with how often you ping their server, each game has limits.

You don't have to do that and that is the same process for the R2 for example.

Sent you all a PM with the firmware

How are you determining that it needs to be disabled for it to disable Steady Ping exactly?

could i get the beta please m8 

[Netduma Fraser]

On 1/3/2024 at 3:26 AM, sidestep6 said:

As far as I can tell with how you have DumaOS 4 setup for PC players if they go to the Geo Filter and try to add their PC it adds it differently than if it were a console or pretty much any other device. It shows the following screen: 

So when trying to add your PC that you play games on it makes you select a specific game when adding it as a device under the Geo Filter. This means you have to add it over and over again for every game you play in order to get Steady Ping to work for your PC, well that is assuming it would work. Like I said it doesn't appear to work for Frostbite games like Battlefront or Battlefield it never stabilizes and even though it never stabilizes it still increases the ping. The fact that it still increases ping even though it never stabilizes leads me to think it's either flawed design or a bug and as I mentioned before it increases ping for other games not listed or supported which makes it seem like Steady Ping is just always on or always messing with your latency regardless of what you are doing.

I think this is a bad approach. I see it on routers for other companies and adding gaming specific features that are specific to a list of games. What if it stops getting updated by the manufacturer? What if it doesn't support some slightly older but really popular games (WoW)? While yes it's an interesting feature if it's so specialized or specific to only certain games isn't it going to cause more harm than good? Don't get me wrong in this case with "Steady Ping" I'd like it to work for everything, just make it a generalized buffer for the device added instead of tying it to specific games. Why? Because being able to artificially increase my ping in a game would give me an advantage in some games with bad lag compensation. I am curious if you guys knew that when first implementing the feature since it seems like that is the intended purpose with the slider.

Ah gotcha, thanks for clarifying, I get what you mean about that - it's more due to how consoles work, it's not necessarily possible to pick specific games for it. I do think it should be more simplified in that respect, I'll pass it on. The Geo-Filter is still showing an increased ping or just in game? 

It's not game specific, I don't know the ins & outs of the tech behind it but I think it's more to do with some games have a limit on how much the server can be pinged - CoD for example doesn't actually allow pings to their servers at all, it's only due to some cleverness on our side that we can workaround it. 

On 1/3/2024 at 7:22 AM, gerbear1990 said:

@Netduma Fraserlooking for access to the .23 firmware if possible please?

On 1/3/2024 at 11:28 AM, LittleDrag0n said:

Please can I have access to .23 aswell? Thank you

5 hours ago, Faycalbdhn said:

Can i also get the beta firmware please ?

4 hours ago, nedalqasem said:

Please, can I have it?  

Does it have hyprid vpn ?

4 hours ago, magiver_fox31 said:

Can you please send it to me as well?

7 minutes ago, dizzy said:

could i get the beta please m8 

Sent to you all via PM

[sidestep6]

7 hours ago, Netduma Fraser said:

The Geo-Filter is still showing an increased ping or just in game? 

Yes even when it can't stabilize it shows increased ping in game, it does this for any game even World of Warcraft, it probably does it for any activity using UDP. It wouldn't be so bad if it functioned like you explained where it doesn't increase ping when it can't stabilize but since it doesn't function that way and it's always on it should at least respect whatever the user has defined for the slider under the Expert area of Steady Ping. Then you could make it function like I mentioned before as a generalized buffer to artificially increase your ping or not by adding 0 to the slider as the lowest possible buffer size.

[TODDzillaInLA]

18 hours ago, nedalqasem said:

Please, can I have it?  

Does it have hyprid vpn ?

No, waiting for it also, hopefully available in next update

[Netduma Fraser]

15 hours ago, sidestep6 said:

Yes even when it can't stabilize it shows increased ping in game, it does this for any game even World of Warcraft, it probably does it for any activity using UDP. It wouldn't be so bad if it functioned like you explained where it doesn't increase ping when it can't stabilize but since it doesn't function that way and it's always on it should at least respect whatever the user has defined for the slider under the Expert area of Steady Ping. Then you could make it function like I mentioned before as a generalized buffer to artificially increase your ping or not by adding 0 to the slider as the lowest possible buffer size.

Okay thank you for letting us know, there is some definite weirdness happening so the team will get it sorted!