And any system would cause the problem once it used the VPN for awhile?
Did the router activity lights seem to be on crack?
I'd like to know more, but then you aren't a customer I have to keep happy by not screwing around. Keep working if it's working. It's quite possible this would require a sniffer or similar to see what's happening. Simplest test I could think of was to put the cables back where they were and try to duplicate it. If it works okay now then I'd assume the router went insane, created some type of storm (heh) by interacting with the VPN code, and resetting the ARP entries "fixed" it. If things go crazy again then restore the working state and record the "do not use" configuration.
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