....networking co's MCSE was in yesterday, turned out Alltel was the problem (surprised? I'm not...) as they couldn't push an IP past Ye Olde Orchid modem. The MCSE was in the PIX, config'ing it, but couldn't pull an outside IP. Wished I'd had a Smoothie ready to go. We went back & forth with Alltel, they finally rolled us over from an RBE authentication to PPPoE and the net came back up about 5 p.m.

Pointed out a couple of the server issues, but got little response other than a quick check of the eventviewer. It's tough to deal with issues that aren't right in front of you, and this stuff comes in layers. We got the networking layer handled, got my eye out for ass't virii, and we'll see where she takes us...