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Sweet..thanks for the info!
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I have a customer with a SonicWall NSA2400mx security appliance/firewall that they use for multiple LANs but only one WAN. &nbsp;Out of the 25 ports/interfaces only 6 are being used to segment various networks. &nbsp;I was wondering if it's ok or best practice to use the 6 open GB ports for one of my LANs instead of the 10/100 HP switch we currently have. &nbsp;
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I have a customer with a SonicWall NSA2400mx security appliance/firewall that they use for multiple LANs but only one WAN.  Out of the 25 ports/interfaces only 6 are being used to segment various networks.  I was wondering if it's ok or best practice to use the 6 open GB ports for one of my LANs instead of the 10/100 HP switch we currently have.  

SonicWall NSA2400mx - should I use the extra ports as my switch?

Hardware-based firewalls provide more sophisticated protection for inbound and outbound traffic than the simple Windows software firewall or the basic NAT firewalls found in routers. These devices implement techniques such as stateful packet inspection, deep packet inspection, and content filtering; and may include built-in antivirus and anti-malware protection.