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11 years and counting ! my thoughts on the Netduma product


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Can't believe it's been 11 years since I joined the forum ,  during that time I have had the R1 / R2  XR500 with R2 OS and now the R3.   Today my R3 is plugged into my Asus RT-AX88U Pro ,   Just a little bit on the Asus :  Rock solid piece of kit with great WIFI coverage and a good amount of gaming tweaks within the  OS  including various different types of QOS , on average we have around 22 wired and wireless devices connected to the Asus no issues ever .  Only the Xbox is a  wired connection  to the R3 ,    I have flip flopped from both routers over the last few months and always go back to the R3 from a connection perspective it just feels much better , for me it is best in class it does what it is supposed to do from a gaming / connection perspective .

HOWEVER -  I had some time over the Xmas break off work and decided to plug the R3 directly into my ONT ,    so all devices connected to the R3 as it is designed to do ,  BTW just to say I think the OS  on the R3 is excellent from a visual perspective and provides so much information and options to fine tune , much better than the Asus in my opinion , the following is what I experienced over a full week  :

  • Daily drops in WIFI or internet connection 
  • longest period of connection 1.5 days before I re boot 
  • WIFI would not reach as far as my Asus , ring door bell and Hive would not function correctly 
  • Family complaints 
  • Gaming was even better :) 

Where I am going with this ?   Is  this a hardware or software problem ? , I have tried to live solely  on the Netduma router previously but it never delivers on a stable connection as my default network router when everything is connected to it .  If it is  hardware issue hen I for one would be willing to pay more to have an Asus type performance with the Netduma OS .   I know we have had the Netgear experiment but not sure that is still an option mine died a long time ago . 

In closing I love the Netduma OS , it is back now plugged into my Asus and in my opinion gives me the best gaming connection on the market without doubt . It is just not capable of being a default network router managing all devices .  You could I suppose without being dis respectful call it a one trick pony ..... but hey it's one hell of a trick :) 

 

 

 

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