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Developer Blog 1: The Future of DumaOS: Version 3.0
Last year we released our first major update for DumaOS, Milestone 1.3. You guys loved it, so we quickly got to work on the next milestone, packing it full of features to make your Nighthawk P...
100% agreement with OlegP
I've had the XR500 since it came out and the only meaningful Duma update I see is the ability to view my Network Map as a table vs the tree map ... which is a visual mess if you have many computers/phones/people/iot/smarthome devices. I've pursued both Duma forums and Netgear forums ... and there is a lot of finger pointing back and forth. It's not clear who owns the underlying router functions
This router might be good in a house 10-20 devices, but more than that and sometimes the visual interface makes everything more difficult.
- Lookup a device by MAC addresss? nope
- Export a device list? nope
- Sort by MAC address or IP? nope
- Updated device types? (camera, iot, SmartHome, switch/hub/extender ...) nope
- Device names that stay tied to MAC address? nope
- Devices that I have named, frequently return as "unnamed device"
- Usable logging? nope
- If "Marking a marked device" is a dev message not meant for me (the user), give me a checkbox to filter it out
- Seriously 90% of my logs are "Marking a marked device", should I have to export the file to excel and manually filter it out to figure out if I am getting DDOS/intrusion traffic?
- Ability to monitor OpenVPN connections to the router? nope
- Router doesnt show connected devices
- IP range is outside of DHCP, and non-configurable
- ...
Some of the things you've mentioned are possible such as sort by MAC/IP and some will be possible in future updates. It's important to remember that we wanted to create an easy to use gaming router, things like logs do not affect gameplay performance at all. More niche/usual router functions like that can come later based on customer feedback which we listen to constantly.
I understand your goals and I am glad your product exists. I'm a gamer and I do appreciate some of the gaming centric functions. However I think the gaming functions can't exist in a vacuum without some of the basic router functions too. It's like you are building the Ferarri of routers, for Gamers, that can go 300mph... but there are no headlights, rearview mirror, and you can't parallel park in it.
I'm curious how many gamers would have a separate internet connection for this router, and only have gaming devices connected to it? Most people are buying this router because they game ... AND they have a house full of non-gaming devices that also need be managed and connect to the internet.
Is there any way to know what version of Duma my XR500 has currently?
- The actual DumaOS version or the firmware version? We removed the DumaOS version from System Information as it was unneeded and confused matters as the versions weren't using the same format.
- im telling you brother. They should perfect the gaming side! Before they add anything non gaming related DRU732! I know they want to make the best router available but, They advtertise it for Compeditive Gamers! So I'd love to see the gaming side get perfected with new features before they start adding non-gaming related stuff. I do need Antanna Replacement sense i lost the two prongs! But, Sense i dont pay for premium support. Im still searching countless hours on google for XR500 Replacement Antannas! That provides 4 brand new ones!
But, I hope you guys focus on the gaming side. Thats what you should focus on. I hope Geo-Filter gets more optimized an that Geo-Fenching will actually work better. When i have 3 states highlighted in Geo-Fenching. I hope it actually blocks connections outside that area. Geo-Filter had some issues with that. It didn't matter if i blocked the Datacenter or the server. I'd still be put on it because im watching it on my other monitor! So Geo-Filter is definitely not blocking connections right. So hopefully Geo-Fenching will be the permanent fix & also allow me to set ping assist lower to at least 25ms! An offer a setting called "Garenteed Latency" that i can toggle on where. Its gonna search longer & work harder to offer my set latency for my lobbys. Which is 25ms! Its not technically forcing me host. Its just working more efficiently & harder to give me the lobby i desire. I never turn fast search on unless im playing a really old as hell call of duty. I toggle it off for Modern Warfare & sometimes i can't set my ping assist lower than 30ms! Because what happens. The system i feel breaks itself & i get thrown into wild lobbys. Like 50ms-80ms-100ms lobbys even tho i have it set to 25ms without fast search enabled when im specifically playing modern warfare. When i set it to 30ms an reboot Modern Warfare. Its finds those lobbys fine & dandy but, I found out that the other players don't have the same ping as i do! Because on PC i could see Latency on the scoreboard. You can't do that on console. So ping assist definitely needs some fixes. I tried to be very detailed as possible on what im doing & what's happening. The XR500 won't allow me to search for 25ms lobbys with NO FAST SEARCH w/ Strict Mode enabled w/ Filtered option. Like im suppose to suppose to have it set too! It only allow me to search 30ms! I NEVER EVER EVER EVER use fast search for Modern Warfare or newer CODs! Please work out the kinks for Ping Assist & optimize Geo Fencing.
Yes im hardwired using a Cat 7 1.5FT Ethernet!- Without seeing a screenshot of the Geo-Filter where you're getting hosts outside the radius it's hard to say exactly why it occurred. If your base ping is high then you may not be able to get a game ping under that. You can't force everyone in the game to have a ping like you, if you have a good ping to the server then thats the main thing.
