Linux router performance versus dedicated consumer hardware?

From: Michael Herring (khakionion_at_gmail.com)
Date: 07/31/04 

Date: 31 Jul 2004 09:07:09 -0700

I've got a couple of home consumer routers here (a Linksys and a
D-Link), the two of which perform very poorly when many different
connections are made (for example, when using a BitTorrent client).
The entire bandwidth of my (cable modem) Internet connection isn't
being used, so I know it's just the routing capacity of these home
products that's being overwhelmed.

Anyway, my question is this: If I were to build a cheap Linux/BSD/etc
box to route for my apartment, what kind of hardware specs should I
expect to need to maintain my Internet connection when many
connections are made? Or is this a cable modem problem?

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