Thanks guys... I am going to be attempting to start this project on saturday. Sounds like a good time for this weekend. I will start with upgrading the routers firmware and then looking at installing the nix box with the utilties you recommended PP. I will also take a look at the MTU rating.

In regards to my connection I am supposed to have 10MB down and 1.5-3 up but we all know how accurate the companies are at actually accomplishing that.