Firewall Throughput

It should apply to just incoming traffic but it will depend how well the rest of the router works if it can achieve your upload limit if both are running at full speed.

On a 105Mbps line using an old firewall is such a pity.. why not buy a decent firewall.. modern routers with SPI firewalls are not that expensive that will easily handle 105Mbps.

A firewall is usually enterprise level gear.. if this is a home you buy a router.

Router does protect your local network.. it will not have vpn and virus checking as the enterprise firewall does but then you don't need those things for home setup usually.

All you need is a router of recent manufacturer.. anything out there today can handle 100mbit with ease..

Apple routers are ok.. albeit from security point of view do lack a proper firewall.

But there are lots of wireless routers which work well with Macs and do have proper SPI firewall.

They will handle speeds now up to about 800Mbps.. although if you start using the firewall, QoS and other heavy cpu usage apps it will halve that speed.

See smallnetbuilder reviews and wan to lan throughput chart.

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/router-charts/bar/74-wan-to-lan

The netgear R7000 is top of the list.. the Asus RT-AC68U however is better all round router IMHO. Either of those have more than adequate firewall protection for your network.

Sounds great.. I am not sure why you needed dd-wrt but I am a 3rd party firmware believer.. and what a lot of the companies offer is fairly devoid of abilities. YOU MOVE QUICK. 🙂 Hope it works well for you.