The NetDuma R3 The BEST router for gamers! NetDuma R3 Review

[@paulmiller1531]

Thanks Scott for taking the time to put together this video. Really looking forward to receiving mine soon and putting it through its paces. Hope you feel better soon.

[@TrayDays113]

The design is very clean. The Geo-Filter is quite the touch, along with it's added features. Steady Ping is a feature that many gamers are going to love. I cannot stress this enough. Steady Ping is a game changer, love that it's part of the Geo-Filter Feature. Great review, Scott. Knocking it out the park!

[@LowPingKing]

Thanks 👍

[@Semperf11]

So I’ll get better ping and less packet burst in cod if I use this router🤔

[@LowPingKing]

@@Semperf11 Yes. Their smart boost should help with packet burst. Study ping will stabilize your ping in game. The geofilter will allow you to pick the best servers for the games you play.

[@Mercenary1996]

This router I might actually get right now I have the Netgear Duma OS 3.0 router it's good but it doesn't have the smart boost technology because it has netduma 3.0 I have the xr1000 I might actually change the router I'm planning on getting this router it's at least $200 ​@@Semperf11

[@mpmcginnatx]

Thanks the the review! Can't wait for my preorder to show up! You made me another XR convert!

[@michaelturner7700]

i have the r1 and r2. love them both. preorder done! Thank you for this little run through.

[@LordAngelus]

I ordered my R3 a few days ago, it's time to retire my XR500. Can't wait to get my hands on it. Thanks for the great review!

[@Rockzillanc]

I'm about to pull the trigger as well. I'm tired of endlessly waiting for Netgear to update the XR500 firmware.

[@jahjohnson31]

Same ​@@Rockzillanc

[@MASO204]

@@Rockzillanchow is it?

[@TheKmullins87]

Awesome this is so great to hear! Thanks for the vid, can't wait for the full setup so I can hit the ground running when mine arrives!

[@retromercer4758]

i ordered this last month still not got mine yet , looks great tho i hope it gets to me soon , great vid looking forward to more to come

[@thewhrathgtsport7506]

looking forward for the full set up and im thinking going for this next year

[@sharpz44]

Great - been sometime since I used Duma OS ,I’ve had R1R2-XR500-XR700- think they may now have achieved what I wanted , soon see- look forward to your setup vid ,I may. ,I need a refresh

[@Quinny520]

Pre-ordered mine! Cant wait, time to hang up the XR500

[@josh200505]

Nice review 👌 looking forward to the setup 😊

[@KleskReaver]

Thanks Scott, you're the DumaOS man! I like the look of DumoOS 4, I'm waiting for your setup video going over the settings but I'm wondering if you can completely disable the WIFI in the R3, I already have a good switch and wifiAP separately but looking to use the router functions of the R3, thanks!

[@LowPingKing]

R3 setup is out! Thanks for the support 🙂

[@Strengthoftenmen]

Can you do a bufferbloat test please?

[@zeroagent326]

How is this vs the xr500?I had nothing but problems out of it mostly and the lack of support for the xr500 was really disappointing

[@Strengthoftenmen]

Great review thanks! Does anyone know when they're going to start shipping to us regular folk? I ordered mine a few weeks ago

[@UH82NVME]

I wish I could test one like you did. I typically have a ping of about 6-9ms currently and I really don't know that I could improve on that much. So, to me, the only benefit would be to force whatever server is best for me. In your opinion, what are the odds something like this could lower my ping any more, or enhance my gaming experience? $250-$200 just to choose servers doesn't seem worth it in my scenario.

[@UH82NVME]

I should add, that ping is what my Xbox says while playing Warzone.

[@wilber1982]

I’d like to get one of these but I’m useless with technology I only want to use it for my PS5 but from what I’ve seen I’d have to put my virgin media hub into modem mode and run all the house hold devices off the duma. I actually have excellent internet which carries throughout the house and get 800-900mb on lan via PlayStation speed is not the issue it’s literally just for COD I wanted it, is there no way you can use it along side your existing Hub.

[@MASO204]

I have a PS5 my gaming experience is a little off, wire connection and 500mb, I'm never in English speaking servers, always French Spanish German when playing COD, my Fifa experience is always a mess each game feels different. I'm just using my ISP standard router, will this help? I think choosing what servers I connect to will help? Any help would be great thank you.

[@TheDjseebee]

I am playing COD I have R2 it doesn't fix the problem in SBMM & Shitty Netcode processes I tried tons of solutions and tried the with no advantage only u can benefit from having this router is the suitable ping and QOS system otherwise don't bother urself, I haven't tried VPN yet do u think it helps

[@LowPingKing]

This deserves a video. Have a feeling people are not going to like what I have to say.

[@briantakacs8511]

I'm debating on getting one of these. Right now i got a tplink x75pro mesh system maybe turn that into ap mode but have not seen anyone do that yet so not sure i want to be the first to try or not

[@LowPingKing]

Haven't seen anybody else try it either. You could always ask if anybody has a similar setup in the forums. Forum.netduma.com If you happen to get one and get everything working and remember to come back to this comment and let me know that would be really appreciated.

[@ASh-od3vw]

Great video you are the only to make a rewiew r3. I have a question. Compere to xr500 in game how much can reduce ping? is complicated to apply the best gaming experience.. Thnx for the honest reviw

[@LowPingKing]

The R3 does a better job at quality of service overall because you don't have to worry about it. Everything has been set up for you. Although if you like tinkering and messing around those options are there as well.

[@IplayInSD]

have they fixed the DHCP leasing issue? i know my xr500 was plagued with it, was hoping it was fixed in the R3!! Solid video man, looking forward to the setup video

[@LowPingKing]

Yep. All fixed

[@duhfuhfh96]

What is this issue?

[@LowPingKing]

@@duhfuhfh96 there isn't one. The XR routers had issues with DHCP for some people a while ago. The R3 doesn't have this issue & never has.

[@bkid1776]

@Low Ping King Is the Netduma R3 or the Netgear xr1000 a better choice? please let me know as i want to get one. Probablly going to go with the R3. I love the Geofilter. I hate getting placed in servers so far away. I just wish i could get a geofilter and the 2.5 gbps speeds. If you get fiber and lets say you have 5000down and 5000upload will it work in a wired 1gbps port or is it capped. I only get 1gbps anyway but im wondering for the future? If fiber does come to me. Great vid. Lmk which router to go with. Update after finishing the video and hearing the R3 put u out of a job ill go with that 😂😂

[@ReaperHackz]

W! Video 💪👌

[@YungJaeActual]

I really need to get this. I've been having problems with my NetGear NightHawk XR1000. Do you also have a Modem recommendation cause I am currently using the NightHawk CM1200, or should it be fine?

[@LowPingKing]

Modem should be fine.

[@Sanc7tus]

Is this better than XR700?? Please tell me :(

[@LowPingKing]

Yes

[@Sanc7tus]

@@LowPingKing by a long shot or by a small amount?

[@LowPingKing]

@Sanc7tus the R3 is way better than any of the Netgear XR routers.

[@PCGaming300]

Would the R3 be worth it for someone who isn't super concerned with the geofiltering capabilities and is more so looking for something that's going to help with reducing bufferbloat and just the general delay I feel in games? I'm using an XR500 right now which I've noticed is definitely better than my ISP router but it's still super inconsistent in the sense that I can go days or even 1 - 2 weeks of smooth gameplay and then go for a similar stretch of time where it feels horrible without anything being changed. I have good internet on paper (1GBPS fibre up and down) but I live in a household of 5 people with a good number of devices so I'm sure that plays a factor. Is the R3 worth it or is there a better alternative for what I'd be looking for?

[@LowPingKing]

The R3 handles QOS without any hassle. I've retired my XR500 & R2.

[@justsomedude1488]

On a game like modern warfare 3, where matchmaking has many factors, and also disbanding lobbies.. would the Geo filter still work? I know it wouldnt remove sbmm, but do you think it would mitigate it?

[@LowPingKing]

The Geo filter works great at making sure the lobbies you connect to don't have lag. That being said you will tend to do better so every now and again you'll have to deal with a crazy sbmm lobby. When that happens I just take it easy.

[@brandonharmon2111]

does this router offer vpn today ?

[@TODDzillaInLA]

Nice review, I also own a r1 and r2 and pre ordered the r3, to bad they didnt put better hardware to support up to 5gig internet connections and it still only supports up to 1gig internet bandwidth (i currently have 2gig frontier and would upgrade to 5gig if the duma hardware would support it) Looks like its only catering to WiFi upgrades. Not much difference for hardware over the r2 correct me if im wrong.

[@Hatemx1]

🤔

[@Nuschler22]

Not shocked there isn't a reply. I switched from NetDuma to the ROG Rapture AX11000 and the difference is night and day. Rarely have any issue with the router whereas I had issues with NetDuma all the time. Do some research before you get the new NetDuma.

[@Hatemx1]

@@Nuschler22 Issues such as what? And what differentiates the ROG one from Duma?

[@LowPingKing]

What are you talking about?

[@LowPingKing]

What was your question I've had hundreds of comments in the last 24 hours and I've done my best to reply to all of them but I must have missed yours. The R3 has been completely redesigned from the ground up all of the problems with the quality of service are now fixed you don't have to do anything with it. I also own a udm pro which spec wise absolutely smashes the R3. However I'm now using the R3 as my main router because the new quality of service system is really that good. The Geo filter has been fixed to now work with games that stopped working a couple years ago such as Halo.

[@darkchanze5048]

I bought it and suddenly my ingame ping went from 22 to 50 and i absolutely lagg, the router tells me on the other hand 20ms. I just dont jnderstand what i did wrong or if its just broken.

[@LowPingKing]

In game ping will be higher because Steady Ping is increasing it to get rid of jitter. Use the geofilter to find the best servers and make sure gaming is prioritized along with your device. If study being stabilizes you should be golden. Some servers have trouble stabilizing like Oklahoma. Also stay away from Chicago. I'm working diligently to get videos out that explain all of these things cuz there's lots of questions right now.

[@sweeper990]

Will I finally be able to get IPV6 on the Xbox series X with the R3?

[@LowPingKing]

IPv6 works for me on all devices. Last time I checked games still don't use IPv6 on Xbox. There might be a couple of games but the vast majority is still use ipv4.

[@sweeper990]

@@LowPingKing Thanks for the clarification.

[@Hatemx1]

Is it better than Nighthawk XR1000? Great video btw.

[@victorotero3157]

Hardware wise it a definitely a no though software wise it definitely is a yes and software is key

[@LowPingKing]

Yes. Unlike the xr1000 where you have to adjust everything constantly with the R3 you set it and forget it.

[@Hatemx1]

@@LowPingKing That's a huge advantage! (that's what she said) but will the R3 hardware limit my 300mbps fiber connection in any way? Am I, in a way, "nerfing" my connection with the R3 hardware? Or does the software more than make up for it?

[@Hatemx1]

@@victorotero3157 I'm always connected wired with the modem in front of me at all times. The XR1000 might have better wifi, but I don't really need it? I feel like the R3 serves me best in this case.

[@LowPingKing]

@Axxxel_in_Harlem The R3 is very capable and will allow you to get full bandwidth when you need it. The system recognizes the bandwidth you have and then adjust everything automatically. Of course you have options you can dig into and I will be going into those in the setup video.

[@aleksandarmitic3110]

Please can you tell me if this router supports PS5 console and Efootball 2024 game? I live in Europe and the game works very poorly for me.

[@LowPingKing]

Yes!

[@aleksandarmitic3110]

@@LowPingKing Oh that's great. Thanks a lot mate! 😃

[@Birthofmac]

How low is your ping in game?

[@LowPingKing]

Loaded question. Lol 😆 Really depends on the game.

[@Birthofmac]

I asked that question because I want to really see if it will be worth it to make the jump to a R3 I currently have a R2.

[@LowPingKing]

@@Birthofmac Ping for every game is much more stable now because of the R3s new features. On Chicago servers MW3 I was getting 40 ms with the R2 but now I'm down to 25 Ms with the R3.

[@Birthofmac]

@@LowPingKing that’s all I needed to here SOLD 🔥

[@Nuschler22]

I would never use a NetDuma router again. They are trash. The answer is 22ms on average for me. With a NetDuma, I was hovering around 35-50ms on average. The answer shouldn't be "it depends on the game" because you should be able to know the average connection to game you're playing if it's server based (not PvP). Just do some research on their forums to see how many people have issues actually getting them to work. Anyone who knows the game they're playing should be able to tell you their average connection with ease and not "it really depends on the game."

[@hammydude2645]

*please do a buffer bloat test with the R3 , try first on wi-fi then second on a wire and let's see the difference,I hope this version of netduma will give us good results because I don't wanna waste my money on wi-fi 7 routers especially most of them doesn't have SQM feature that helps us to get rid from the buffer bloat, thanks anyways and good luck*

[@victorotero3157]

It already works on the R2 bud you just have to resync device manager and have latest pub firmware and you'll still have to tweak settings if you want 0 buffer on qos

[@LowPingKing]

Buffer bloat is not an issue with the R3. Wired or wireless.

[@Masterhalo998]

So what exactly is a netduma? Is it basically like its own router? Like the one I have from Xfinity? Or is it like a Wi-Fi extender? This is all new to me I just want to get a better understanding.

[@LowPingKing]

You most likely have a router modem combo. It'll get you connected to the internet but isn't much fancier than that. Netduma is a router that allows you to control games. So that you don't lag when you play online. You would take your current modem/router and put it into a different mode that would just bypass all the traffic to the R3 router.

[@Masterhalo998]

@@LowPingKing but it can serve as its own router? It works on consoles?

[@LowPingKing]

Yes & yes. It'll work with all your current devices including game consoles.

[@In3inity]

can i choose which server i would like to connect to ? and then geo fence so that it restricts the search to only the server i am connected to ?

[@LowPingKing]

Yes the Geo filter allows you to choose the server you want to connect to. Or choose area for games that don't have servers.

[@In3inity]

thanks for the reply, how badly does this effect the ping/latency if any?@@LowPingKing

[@LowPingKing]

You can use the ping heat map to find the lowest ping servers for the games you play. Then use the geofilter to mark out those servers to play on.

[@In3inity]

wow sounds really intuitive appreciate the responses bro@@LowPingKing

[@yahwehsaviour9083]

How does this fix SBMM tho? Suerly I will still get the same sequence of games. I go from a 15 to 25 ping and killing average 25/40 kills. Next game 30/50 ping and I can't kill any body. I go to around 5/10 kills. Whrn I get into the zone the only thing that should fuck me is connection. This isn't the case, I fell the games fighting against me after a few games where I'm like neo.

[@LowPingKing]

Nothing fixes SBMM! What it will do is ensure that you stay in those low ping servers. Making the experience smoother and more enjoyable overall.

[@teethingkorea3951]

Can I use the r3 without needing WiFi I prefer a hard wire connection but want all the features of the netduma r3?

[@LowPingKing]

Yes.

[@samtripp6752]

Do you know if the steady ping works with a vpn or not?

[@LowPingKing]

Not sure.

[@samtripp6752]

@@LowPingKingok no worries, would be good if it does as I run all my network through a vpn due to protection etc

[@LowPingKing]

@samtripp6752 I wouldn't run the VPN network wide. Only on devices you really want to protect. Unless you're doing some really crazy stuff. Won't ask. 😆

[@samtripp6752]

@@LowPingKing no it’s literally just my ps5 caus of poor isp routing issues with BT and it’s shitty netcode. Especially with games like COD and FC 24 and their lag compensation, vpn bypasses this and makes matchmaking more connection based rather than skill based against a German lol

[@LowPingKing]

@samtripp6752 I'm not sure you wouldn't need a VPN with the R3 & PS5. Might finally be able to grab a PS5 sometime next year. If I do I definitely be running tests.

[@Rockzillanc]

I appreciate the content but has the channel name changed several times or am I just imagining things? 😂

[@LowPingKing]

It has 😆 I'm terrible at naming stuff

[@L0maddyLvlUpGaming]

So imbgonna watch the setup vid first but so far my nighthawk xr1000 is out preforming this new r3

[@MajorDeadline]

They said this about the xr1000 and it’s the worst router. Duma OS is just keeps breaking.

[@LowPingKing]

The XR routers suck. I haven't had any issues with DumaOS 4. What issues are you having?

[@cobra_-ys2lz]

Peccato non sia stato risolto al lancio il problema ppooe 😢!!

[@LowPingKing]

Think this next update has it fixed!

[@GrantThomson-i1p]

GLORIFIED BETA TESTERS FOR A POOR PRODUCT... $30 ROUTER WITH OPENWRT WOULD BEAT THIS ROUTER HANDS DOWN

[@thedarkangelpt]

any discount code?

[@LowPingKing]

Unfortunately no.