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XR500 hardware seems identical to R7800
The r7800 seems to have the same hardware specs as the newly announced XR500 pro gaming router. Which makes me wonder, will the DumaOS firmware be available to us who recently bought the R7800 as a ga...
Thanks for your reply. I understand that the hardware isn’t identical, just that it seems more than capable of running the OS if tweaked. I only ask because I still experience some bufferbloat when someone is streaming video while I’m gaming. It’s much better than with dynamic qos off, but the latency variation isn’t rock solid. I wonder if the next generation cake qos could perhaps be implemented instead. It’s just somewhat frustrating that soon after a gaming router is purchased a very similar one with “better gaming firmware” is released. I know there are custom firmware options out there but then you lose some of the stability and general WiFi features that the rest of the non-gamers in the home rely on. Just wish the qos was a bit better. Thanks
Have you tried Voxels FW for the R7800?
- No I haven’t tried any custom firmware. I heard openwrt LEDE has the next gen qos but I was afraid of losing MUMIMO and other niceties. I heard Voxel’s is much closer to stock so you don’t lose those features but I wasn’t sure how much of an improvement that firmware was for qos.