efield: i'm actually dhcp, so my ip changes daily (as i restart the machine at least once per day). The netadmin tried a few different static ip's as well.

the firewall IS actually denying all incoming requests, so it's not like i'm bogging anything down. It just sucks seeing that there are thousands of denies every day.

kinda puts you on the map with the netadmins...

maybe what i'm asking is not possible. if that's the case, then it was fun while it lasted...