WAN & LAN connected to same switch

From:	"Fred Weston" <fred at daytonawan dot com>
To:	<m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch>
Subject:	WAN & LAN connected to same switch
Date:	Wed, 3 Dec 2003 13:32:03 -0500

I am having a problem with sporadic packet loss, and can't figure out
what's causing it.  Does connecting the LAN and WAN ethernet ports to
the same switch cause any ill effects?  Some commercial firewalls use
the same MAC address for all ethernet interfaces by default, so plugging
them in to the same switch/hub causes bad things to happen.

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Fred Weston
DaytonaWAN Networks Inc.
Ph. 386-673-2514
Fax 386-255-2060