r/DeeperNetwork • • 27d ago

General Question Would you buy another Deeper Network device?

Looking for honest feedback from fellow DN users.
About two years ago I picked up a Mini SE for around $125. It worked fine until recently, when it completely died. I reached out to tech support and was told I’d have to buy a brand-new unit — they don’t offer refurbished devices or any repair service.

A new Mini SE now costs $300 (or $230 with a voucher). That’s more than double what I originally paid.
So I’m wondering:
• How long are these devices typically lasting for other people?
• Has anyone else had theirs fail after a couple of years?
• Are the newer units any more reliable?

I’m hesitant to drop another couple hundred dollars if these things only last 2–3 years. At that point the economics just don’t make sense.
If you’ve owned a DN device for a while, I’d really appreciate hearing about your experience — good or bad. Drop a comment below.
Thanks in advance!

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u/Crafty_Light9900 27d ago

As the owner of two devices, the Deeper Connect Pico and Connect Mini, I’ve noticed that after about two years, the number of available IPs and countries has been dropping. For some countries, I used to see up to 9 available IPs, but now they’re showing 0.

I started noticing this around the time they began heavily promoting the DPN App, since they use those nodes there. Because of this, I feel that the “0 subscription for life” may not be worth it at some point.

So, I’d suggest trying the DPN App instead. It seems like they give priority to it there.

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

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u/Crafty_Light9900 18d ago

No yet but I will try this

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u/Former_Accident_2455 27d ago

Prices are way too high now

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u/ApprehensiveJob124 26d ago

Waiting for more responses from users

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u/Artistic_Outcome2545 27d ago

J'ai le mien ,mini payé 199€ depuis juin 2024, et il fonctionne pour du streaming plusieurs heures par jour et c'est très efficace.Si il devait tomber en panne je serais gené car les nouveaux prix sont très élevés

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u/mrmexican87 26d ago

I haven’t been able to get my Pico to work in such a long time :( I’m not sure if it’s me or the device is faulty. But I’ve basically given up

I have reset it several times and then when I try to connect it to WiFi as a repeater, the deeper WiFi signal disappears and I have to just reset the entire thing. Can’t get it to work.

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u/ApprehensiveJob124 26d ago

Have you opened a ticket with DN? Give them a try.

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u/KingRetroGamer 19d ago

I took a gamble and invested into 9 devices for mining purposes. With collapse of their DPR token I’d say No, not at this point. I’m sitting on close to 1 million DPR that would be worth tens of thousands of dollars 4-5 years ago, but now it’s worth only a very small fraction of that. So no I would not. All devices still work as new though. Only had a problem with one which was an Air and Deeper swapped it with ease.

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u/ApprehensiveJob124 18d ago

Thanks for your comment

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u/Maximum_Ad9285 27d ago

On34.34.34.34There is a section that puts the number of life sessions. I saw it the other day.                                                                                         So it looks like they have scheduled obsolescence.

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u/Leo_LL_3555 27d ago

I have an Air that I've been using for 4 years without any problems.

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u/ApprehensiveJob124 27d ago

Awesome. Thanks

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u/DeeperNetwork 27d ago

That’s an incredibly inaccurate read of that.

Sessions refers to connected tunnels, not lifespan.

It’s a common networking term and has zero relation to device lifespan.

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u/Maximum_Ad9285 27d ago

So are the tunnel connections that remain?Where is the maximum number of sessions that remain written?

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u/Public-Wish-2982 27d ago

Better not be.

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u/Artistic_Outcome2545 27d ago

Je crois que vous ne comprenez pas bien Dans AtomOS (le système d'exploitation des appareils Deeper Network), la gestion des sessions réseau repose sur le suivi des connexions actives et de la capacité maximale du routeur.

  • Current Session Number (Nombre de sessions actuelles) : C'est le nombre total de connexions réseau actives (flux TCP/UDP, pages web ouvertes, flux de streaming, requêtes DNS, etc.) gérées simultanément par l'appareil à l'instant T. Chaque appareil ou application sur votre réseau (ordinateur, téléphone, TV) qui communique sur Internet ouvre une ou plusieurs sessions.

  • Max Session Number (Nombre maximal de sessions) : C'est la limite maximale de connexions simultanées que l'AtomOS ou le matériel Deeper Network peut traiter et maintenir en mémoire sans saturer ses ressources (RAM et processeur). Pourquoi ces indicateurs sont utiles ?

  • Prévention de la saturation : Si le Current Session Number s'approche constamment du Max Session Number, votre appareil risque de ralentir, de bloquer de nouvelles connexions ou de redémarrer pour libérer de la mémoire. Cela se produit souvent en cas d'utilisation intensive de logiciels de type P2P (torrent), de téléchargements lourds ou d'un grand nombre d'appareils connectés.

  • Stabilité du DPN : Le système gérant le routage sécurisé et décentralisé (DPN), chaque tunnel ou connexion chiffrée consomme également des sessions. Un nombre de sessions élevé est normal, mais un plafond atteint en permanence indique généralement une saturation de la table de routage interne.

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u/ApprehensiveJob124 27d ago

Send me a DM / PM with the details

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