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XR500 glamour has worn off an now I am just angry
OK I started on this forum a week ago all wide-eyed and happy, but now really I am just angry at wasting my money on the XR500.
It was sold to me as a gaming router but seriously it's no different ...
Oh yes and by the way, when you try to set up manual port forwarding, it crashes with this error...
Error: RPC error 'ERROR_UNKNOWN': bad argument #1 to 'len' (string expected, got nil) -> stack traceback: ?: in function <?:73> [C]: in function 'len' ?: in function '?' ?: in function 'decode' ?: in function <?:50> (tail call): ? ?: in function <?:324> [C]: in function 'xpcall' ?: in function 'try' ?: in function <?:290> [C]: in function 'run' ?: in function <?:345> [C]: in function 'xpcall' ?: in function 'try' ?: in function <?:261> (tail call): ? /dumaos/api/cli.lua:48: in function </dumaos/api/cli.lua:30> [C]: in function 'xpcall' /dumaos/api/cli.lua:59: in main chunk [C]: ?
- The guide provided in your other post shows you how to add a manual rule (I know you have the error at the moment, will be fixed in next firmware, recommend downgrading for now). What games are you playing? We can't possibly support every single game known to man or research for you. All you need to do is Google "Insert game here ports" and whatever it shows you enter as the destination for Traffic Prio. 1ms is negligible, you will not notice that in any way shape or form. Also likely due to QoS settings
The very first game I tried was Tera. Apparently this needs port 10001. But how is that actually configured? I mean it talks in terms of a port range. There is no range. I mean not that it matters really since the router crashes, but assuming I wait for the next fix, then how do I enter that.
I mean guys this is a KEY area of the router for gamers, yet it's not explained in terms an idiot can understand.When you are given a single port number, well, I have no idea how that equates to source and destination "range".
- It says in the guide "If you wish to add just one port, type its number into both the Start and End boxes beneath ‘Destination Port’." so all you need to do is type 10001 and select UDP. If you downgrade to previous firmware version you can add it while you wait for next firmware. It's easier if we keep this to one topic rather than 2.
If you downgrade you can add those priorities but update again, they will stay but the XR500 on any firmware apart from present has a few very nasty security holes and you would be putting yourself at risk.
Thanks for the info. I will leave it then until they sort out the bug with the prioritisation. I have to say that I am disappointed that it all fell flat ~ My old router is faster than the XR500 and I can't prioritise most of the games I play, including new ones coming out, but there you go. I mught as well use tmy old router. *sighs*. I like the OS in the Netgear but seriously I think they are totally decieving people calling it a Gaming Router. Console Router maybe, but Gaming Router, no. Not if you have to manually set it up just like any other router. I mean least they could do is have a web page of settings that the router accesses when you set it up and you can download the settings for more than 14 games!! 14 is a total insult, really.
After reading this thread, I'm a little leary of opening the XR500 I bought the other day.. Paying $300 for a router is a pretty hefty investment for majority of people I'd say.
It seems that this just wasn't ready for full release yet. Lots of words thrown out there to help market these "Gaming" routers but not much volume inside, yet.
Think I may return this until it's in a better state. I expected a little more of a poilished product from NETGEAR. I absolutely love what Netduma is trying to accomplish with these routers as a gamer myself, but the price unforunately, doesn't warrant the product in the current state, in my opinion. I love that they are constantly checking on the forums and assisting users.Thank you for this post! Helped my decision!
