We, the geeks, nerds, foureyes or whatever the mortal man classifies us as, can find pleasure in the simple things as well as in those more complicated, but one of the things that are remarkable about us, are our willingness to learn NEW things, always looking for ways to improve usability, make life easier or more comfortable.
Nerds enjoy life a lot, but they are still looking for ways to improve on status quo.
To connect the inhouse network I use a Cabletron Fast-Ethernet switch. All the local servers are mounted in a fullheight rack. I'm reverse DNS for my own IP ranges. I operate my own NAT Firewall. I have a VPN gateway too.