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Ive been a linksys guys for quite some time nursing along old routers to get the kind of performance I demand from my network. My first router was a Linksys BFSR41 and then I "Upgraded" to a Linksys WRT54GS. I dont remember having issues with the BFSR41 but the WRT54GS has been a thorn in my...

Thanks Greg. I did get Smoothwall running again and its now in place but I'm not done. I wanted to get to pfsense along with ddwrt but I didn't have enough time. Hopefully by the end of the week ill get pfsense up and running for comparison.

Please clarify what I'm overstating? The performance of my current router? Most certantly not. My need for a Smoothwall type appliance? Absolutely! It never broke 30% CPU usage even under the most strain I could throw at it. But I never had an issue when Smoothwall was in the mix. Never had to...

LOL Well.......Consumer grade routers are crap and we demand alot out of our network here in my house. Sharing files, streaming video, online gaming while hosting the gaming server, and all sorts of other stuff. Any one of these things can cause me to have to power cycle my router. Slow data...

Thanks for the reply and the info. Your right. I guess theres no way around it. Im just gonna have to try a few. I know what to expect from Smoothwall but what you said about PFSense has me interested. Ill try that one this weekend and see what happens. Im probably also going to get into DDWRT...

Wow I thought this site would produce some feedback. Not even one response out of 80 people who read my OP. Im kinda stunned considering the scope of this site. So it looks as though ive narrowed it down between Smoothwall and DDWRT X86. Reasons are Im familiar with Smoothwall and I like the...

I used to run Smoothwall 3.0 but a botched update caused many issues I was unable to get into at the time. Im currently looking to either go back to Smoothwall or try a new one. Ive looked at ClearOS, PFdefense, and DDWRT X86. Currently Im using a Linksys CM100 modem connected to a Linksys...