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will not prevent the above message from being issued.
+
+
+ (FAQ 85) Shorewall is rejecting connections from my local lan
+ because it thinks they are coming from the 'net' zone.
+
+ I'm seeing this in my log:
+
+ Aug 31 16:51:24 fw22 kernel: Shorewall:net2fw:DROP:IN=eth5 OUT= MAC=00:0c:29:74:9c:0c:08:00:20:b2:5f:db:08:00
+ SRC=10.1.50.14 DST=10.1.50.7 LEN=57 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=255 ID=32302 DF
+ PROTO=UDP SPT=53289 DPT=53 LEN=37
+
+ Answer: This occurs when the
+ external interface and an internal interface are connected to the same
+ switch or hub. See this article
+ for details. The solution is to never connect more than one firewall
+ interface to the same hub or switch (an obvious exception is that when
+ you have a switch that supports VLAN tagging and the interfaces are
+ associated with different VLANs).
+