Nighthawk R7800 X4S AC2600

[Yamster931]

DUMAOS V2.3.2.22 A7Legit
Hi this is all I want is to have a VPN on my router so everthing connected to it goes thru the vpn instead of putting a seperate app onto everyhing.
I have a paid subscription to Surfshark.
Please note I am a total Novice I just want an easy way to install it on my router I am going round in circles searching everywhere. People talk as thought everybody is tech savy. Can anbody point or explain in the right direction Please...

[plemans]

dumaos isn't available for the r7800. 

So what do you actually have? 

[Yamster931]

Hi, here is a screen shot of my Control Panel router if this explains what I mean better.

Nighthawk R7800 X4S AC2600.

 

[plemans]

@Netduma_Alex @Netduma-Liam 

didn't know the R7800 had dumaos for the r7800 or if thats just how it shows up for the xr500 (since hardware wise its similar)

[Yamster931]

Thanks for replying, but back to my original question any ideas how I go about putting Surfshark VPN on the router,

thanks in advance.

[FURRYe38]

This isn't supported on the R7800. I believe there was a initial beta back then that NG and Duma loaded on R7800s during this time frame. Then after the XR series routers were officially released. NG removed support for the Duma OS on R7800s. Only R7800 stock FW is officially supported on the R7800. This would not be support or allowed on R7800s. Unless you modified the Duma FW to load on the R7800, then that's your choice. NG and NetDuma develop the Duma OS only for the XR series of routers. Adding features as well isn't supported. Only what comes loaded in stock FW is supported. 

If your wanting to do more with the R7800, I recommend trying Voxel FW for the R7800 over on smallnetbuilder forum:

https://www.snbforums.com/forums/netgear-ac-wireless.53/

[Yamster931]

thanks, i bought the router secondhand came as it is, so could i revert it back to stock netgear firmware?

[FURRYe38]

Ah I see...so someone may have been on the beta team back then or could have modified the Duma OS to load on it and didn't remove it. 

You can try putting the stock FW back on using the web page UI, I believe that should work. IF not, you may need to use the TFTP method to directly put stock NG FW back ON and blow the Duma OS away. 

[michaelkenward]

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@FURRYe38 wrote:

I believe there was a initial beta back then that NG and Duma loaded on R7800s during this time frame.

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Indeed. The first DumaOS router was built around the R7800 hardware.

But that was in 2017 and the two OS systems parted company a long time ago.

[FURRYe38]

Yep. 

There was someone I made contact with a few years ago that could make mods. But that didn't seem to last. 

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@michaelkenward wrote:

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@FURRYe38 wrote:

I believe there was a initial beta back then that NG and Duma loaded on R7800s during this time frame.

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Indeed. The first DumaOS router was built around the R7800 hardware.

But that was in 2017 and the two OS systems parted company a long time ago.

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[Yamster931]

thank you, how far back in the stock net firmware will I have to go i`ve tried V1.0.0.28 it trys to flash thru update control panel but after 15mins still no change after I Reboot it.

[FURRYe38]

Going back in version may not help...may have to TFTP it on...

[Yamster931]

ok thanks.