Hey Zalt,
Thanks for the reply. Just an update I went ahead and got a netgear WNDR3700 at Radio Shack for $179.00. Hooked up everything worked right out of the box. Tested my main computer D/L speed at Time Warner 29 to 30 megs - upload 1.8 to 1.9. Tested the other systems and same results.
Apparently the BESFR41 V2 just couldn't handle the speeds, which is not surprising since it is quite old and when it came out those kind of speeds didn't exist. At any rate I am a happy camper course I'm still thinking about hooking up the Linksys/Cisco SRW2016, 16 port gigabit switch just to get rid of all the clutter and simplify my cabeling.
Lamont