Version: ASL 6.301
Hardware:
Celeron 2.4ghz
Mem: 768mb DDR 266
80gig ATA HD
Onboard DFI 8139 10/100 (ASL defaults this to FD 100mb)
Add-in 8139 Ovsilink Nic 10/100 (ASL Defaults this to FD & 100mb)

External service is through a Charter Cable Modem that provides Ethernet to my Firewall. I have the 5mb service down and 512k Up. When I connect a computer (Win XP) directly, I get 4.5mb down and 498k up. However, through the ASL Firewall, the best i can get is 2.5mb Down and 310k Up.

Because of this problem and my ability to have some spare hardware, I started over from scratch. The prior hardware was a 2.0ghz Celeron. The one I just built tonight is a 2.4ghz celeron. The results are the same for both... both firewalls got just barely 2.5mb. I know that these boxes can push WAY more bandwidth than this.

So to further try things, I turned off ALL logging, turned off intrusion detection. The speed only slightly increases when I use the HTTP Proxy rather than NAT.

HELP!
Thanks