I am wondering if Cox is messing up or my router is? I am on the latest Merin firmware and I don't see anything that could be causing the drastic slowdown. There are at most 30 wireless devices connected to the router would that be part of the issue? and here is the log about Cox.
Feb 17 17:58:20 miniupnpd[581]: HTTP Connection from 192.168.212.222 closed unexpectedly
Feb 17 18:12:06 kernel: eth1: received packet with own address as source address
Feb 17 18:12:07 dnsmasq-dhcp[541]: Ignoring domain Hamby.local for DHCP host name Tammi-PC
Feb 17 20:04:13 rc_service: httpd 364:notify_rc restart_time;restart_httpd;restart_upnp
Feb 17 20:04:13 kernel: klogd: exiting
Feb 17 20:04:13 syslogd exiting
Feb 17 20:04:13 syslogd started: BusyBox v1.20.2
Feb 17 20:04:13 syslog: Password for 'admin' changed
Feb 17 20:04:13 kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.20.2 (2015-02-06 20:45:04 EST)
Feb 17 20:04:13 RT-AC66U: start httpd
Feb 17 20:04:13 RT-AC66U: start httpd - SSL
Feb 17 20:04:13 start_nat_rules: apply the nat_rules(/tmp/nat_rules_eth0_eth0)!
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[541]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: started, version 2.73test6 cachesize 1500
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: warning: interface ppp1* does not currently exist
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: asynchronous logging enabled, queue limit is 5 messages
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq-dhcp[3887]: DHCP, IP range 192.168.212.3 -- 192.168.212.254, lease time 1d
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using local addresses only for domain HAMBY
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: read /etc/hosts - 5 addresses
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: read /etc/hosts.dnsmasq - 0 addresses
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq-dhcp[3887]: read /etc/ethers - 6 addresses
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using nameserver 68.105.28.11#53 for domain local
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using nameserver 68.105.28.11#53 for domain ks.cox.net
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using nameserver 68.105.29.12#53 for domain local
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using nameserver 68.105.29.12#53 for domain ks.cox.net
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using nameserver 68.105.28.12#53 for domain local
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using nameserver 68.105.28.12#53 for domain ks.cox.net
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using local addresses only for domain HAMBY
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using nameserver 68.105.28.12#53
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using nameserver 68.105.29.12#53
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using nameserver 68.105.28.11#53
Feb 17 20:04:13 RT-AC66U: start httpd
Feb 17 20:04:14 RT-AC66U: start httpd - SSL
Feb 17 20:04:14 miniupnpd[3906]: HTTP listening on port 55993
Feb 17 20:04:14 miniupnpd[3906]: Listening for NAT-PMP/PCP traffic on port 5351
Feb 17 20:08:21 login[3930]: root login on 'pts/0'
Feb 17 17:58:20 miniupnpd[581]: HTTP Connection from 192.168.212.222 closed unexpectedly
Feb 17 18:12:06 kernel: eth1: received packet with own address as source address
Feb 17 18:12:07 dnsmasq-dhcp[541]: Ignoring domain Hamby.local for DHCP host name Tammi-PC
Feb 17 20:04:13 rc_service: httpd 364:notify_rc restart_time;restart_httpd;restart_upnp
Feb 17 20:04:13 kernel: klogd: exiting
Feb 17 20:04:13 syslogd exiting
Feb 17 20:04:13 syslogd started: BusyBox v1.20.2
Feb 17 20:04:13 syslog: Password for 'admin' changed
Feb 17 20:04:13 kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.20.2 (2015-02-06 20:45:04 EST)
Feb 17 20:04:13 RT-AC66U: start httpd
Feb 17 20:04:13 RT-AC66U: start httpd - SSL
Feb 17 20:04:13 start_nat_rules: apply the nat_rules(/tmp/nat_rules_eth0_eth0)!
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[541]: exiting on receipt of SIGTERM
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: started, version 2.73test6 cachesize 1500
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: warning: interface ppp1* does not currently exist
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: asynchronous logging enabled, queue limit is 5 messages
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq-dhcp[3887]: DHCP, IP range 192.168.212.3 -- 192.168.212.254, lease time 1d
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using local addresses only for domain HAMBY
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: read /etc/hosts - 5 addresses
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: read /etc/hosts.dnsmasq - 0 addresses
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq-dhcp[3887]: read /etc/ethers - 6 addresses
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using nameserver 68.105.28.11#53 for domain local
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using nameserver 68.105.28.11#53 for domain ks.cox.net
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using nameserver 68.105.29.12#53 for domain local
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using nameserver 68.105.29.12#53 for domain ks.cox.net
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using nameserver 68.105.28.12#53 for domain local
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using nameserver 68.105.28.12#53 for domain ks.cox.net
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using local addresses only for domain HAMBY
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using nameserver 68.105.28.12#53
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using nameserver 68.105.29.12#53
Feb 17 20:04:13 dnsmasq[3887]: using nameserver 68.105.28.11#53
Feb 17 20:04:13 RT-AC66U: start httpd
Feb 17 20:04:14 RT-AC66U: start httpd - SSL
Feb 17 20:04:14 miniupnpd[3906]: HTTP listening on port 55993
Feb 17 20:04:14 miniupnpd[3906]: Listening for NAT-PMP/PCP traffic on port 5351
Feb 17 20:08:21 login[3930]: root login on 'pts/0'