I disabled SPI, anti spoof settings, pptp, ipsec, rtsp, sip, opn the firewall. Disable qos...I have a 5 mbit line and speed on ipod is 600kbps (download). I hit 4.8m in a wired connection and 2.8m on a wireless laptop. The laptop and ipod are next to each other. As far as dropping the connection is concerned, i'll wait a few hours before I report back on that.