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xr500 beta DUMAOS 3.0
hello everyone, I have a question where the beta version 3.0, the big announcement was 02.06, still nothing, a week passed, many people are waiting for it because xr500 is not working well, it is ver...
defiled669 wrote:signed up for this last month still have not seen an email to confirmed i signed up..................................
Same here, still waiting for an invite for testing the firmware for my XR500. Kind of getting annoyed by this long wait, especially when I read on the Netduma forum, people are being moved up in the waiting list by simply asking the Netduma mods over there.
What happened to first come, first served?
See link here:
https://forum.netduma.com/topic/31440-announcement-dumaos-30-is-here/?do=findComment&comment=253722
I've responded to your post defiled669
RISHI-O As far as I am aware it is still first come first serve just with some added people. Alex is collating the names so I will pass him yours also.
RISHI-O As far as I am aware it is still first come first serve just with some added people. Alex is collating the names so I will pass him yours also.
Netduma-Fraser wrote:
I've responded to your post defiled669
RISHI-OAs far as I am aware it is still first come first serve just with some added people. Alex is collating the names so I will pass him yours also.Thanks, looking forward to testing. And finally seeing and trying out the new features for myself. I think the XR series are great products, except the lack of actively supporting and keeping the devices up to date - without pointing fingers specifically to Netduma or Netgear - which has made me seriously consider to not get any Netgear devices anymore. If 3.0 actually delivers the features you have been teasing us for months I could actually reconsider chosing a Netgear product again in the future.
For now I'm happy with my XR500 and a R7800 as an accespoint, and a small HP Server for DNS and acting as a Active Directory/Domain Controller. I'm a poweruser, and the extra / unique features the XR series provide made me go for the XR500, but if no features are added or existing features are not improved over time, it kinda feels as a let down.
Anyways I'm ranting..............
- There are lots of new features, I think you'll be very impressed with what we have to offer!
I have to agree from a hardware perspective the XR series is great, but the lack of support and updates makes them some of the worst in the market, I no updates for this long makes me worry that there are also no security patches, and this is the gateway into my home network.
The router has some very great features like hybridVPN, main reason I bought it. But even with all the features, the lack of support for such an expensive router makes me worry more than any new features can counter, sorry Netgear but this was my last purchase from your company, you make great hardware, but terrible software. Duma makes great software but it seems at least on Netgear routers the support and update cycle is disappointing.
For gamers, I would recommend Asus or Amplifi gaming edition and for people with large homes either Nest or if you want more performance, look into Amplifi (they also look much great).