10mbit fiber to home; NAT router can't fill pipe

You may like to guess where I live; I just got 10 mbit fiber to my home
for $43/month. The first thing I noticed was that eMule quickly
overwhelmed my SMC 2804 WBRP-G router and it hung because of too many
connections. A good workaround was to put my p2p machine into the DMZ
(and also erase the mappings to it). But problems remain.

If I plug my cable directly into the fiber box, I can get a full
megaBYTE/sec upload. But when I run in through the SMC router, it seems
to max out at about 40-60% of that. Most of these NAT routers only have
a 10baseT plug on the WAN port, so clearly they're not even designed to
handle 10mbit and up. And most countries don't offer anything faster
than a megabit or two.

Can someone recommend an industrial strength NAT router that is fast
enough to handle 10, 20 or 100mbits?
Received on Mon May 1 00:56:21 2006