====== Router Performance Improvement  ======



===== Introduction =====

Due to increased network speeds and router design with current Gargoyle/OpenWRT firmware the router throughput in most cases is limited by CPU performance. To increase router network speed/performance one solution is to disable bandwidth monitor (bwmon). 

Note: Beware that disabling bwmon you will lose the ability to monitor/track bandwidth data, which will probably disable Quotas and all bandwidth graphs as well. 

===== Configure =====

SSH into your router and type the following commands

==== Disable Bandwidth Monitor ====



<shell>
/etc/init.d/bwmon_gargoyle stop
/etc/init.d/bwmon_gargoyle disable
</shell>

==== Enable Bandwidth Monitor ====

<shell>
/etc/init.d/bwmon_gargoyle enable
/etc/init.d/bwmon_gargoyle start
</shell>

Note: A Reboot may not be necessary afterward, but it's advised.