Switching to ethernet freezes OSX

Howdy-
When I go from using Airport to plugging in to my ethernet cable for more stable internet, my computer freezes.
iChat logs out, and on an attempt to log back in, freezes. From there, everything goes to **** and I have to do just shut it off and turn it back on again.
Any ideas about this?

Yes - don't do it
Although in theory there should be a seamless transition from use of one network interface to another while connecting to the same network, the reality is that some applications won't successfully tolerate the transition. Internet access should transfer seamlessly, but applications like iChat may not. You could try to just shut down applications like iChat prior to the transfer, make the transition, then start up these applications again after the transition, thus avoiding having to do a complete reboot of the Mac.

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