SomeWhereOverTheRainBow
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I concur. Sometimes simply turning everything off and turning it back on one at a time is enough to restore line speed. I turn off both router and modem. Turn the modem back on first and wait to for all its connected lights to restore. Then I turn back on the router. Obviously if you have other factors on the network, turn those Off and only restore them one at a time. During your restore process, do line speed testing at each layer.what is your ultimate goal @luckycharms ? (there's a Merlin Firmware upgrade you should perform, v386.7...you're a bit behind)
Have you set up enough of a swap in diversion (2+ GB will be plenty helpful)?
If you're trying to enact some privacy/security for your LAN, the router will have to do some work, meaning processor cycles will use memory. that should only have a minimal impact on the speeds your clients send/receive data from the interwebz.
if you're seeing a load on the router when "no data is moving" on the LAN, you might want to look into just what might be talking to what/whom. On home networks today, there are "conveniences" that "call home" more than most people realise. I call this parasitic usage. to stop it, you have to find it, and that involves turning things off and looking into how they're configured and possibly even replacing them/eliminating them if the convenience isn't as beneficial as the "network headroom"
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