Mark,

I had a "hardware" router/firewall too but it was way too slow and could only do half/duplex on the network. 

I replaced it with a PC with two network ports and running IPCop and it goes full network speed. 

Just make sure that when you do get a hardware router/firewall that it can do full duplex on the network side to the cable modem.

Jon
---- Mark Phillips <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote: 
> I have a Linksys BFSX41 10/100 Cable Firewall Router with 4 Port Switch and
> VPN Endpoint that seems to be going through a slow death. I have a cable
> modem (Cox) on one side and a 100 MB LAN on the other side. If I plug the
> cable from the cable modem directly into my computer, I get the advertised
> "blazing fast speed." If I go through the router, my blazing fast speed
> drops to very slow - i.e. pages that load in a blink of an eye now take 10s
> of seconds to load. It seems to have something to do with heat - if I leave
> the router off for an hour, and then reconnect it, I get blazing speed for
> awhile, then it slows down.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Mark

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