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Like I said above, if your PC is handling multiple tasks, or is at or near CPU capacity, and (for example) you are using more and more complex rules etc, then you will see a performance hit.
Considering this further, you will probably see the PC shit itself rather than "slow" the network down per se, but if it has to examine every packet in detail and check the higher layers (even opening individual TCP datagrams for example), depending upon what level of rules you are running, then you will see performance hits.
Real world experience equates to probably no impact (as already stated in my first post).
Theoretically, of course there is a chance of a performance hit.
There seems to be no point in arguing this any further.
Mr Mephisto
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