[Web4lib] Mechanism for testing off-campus access from on-campus?

[M. Jean Williams-Adams]

This is the method I use here at FAMU.

M Jean Williams Adams
Systems Librarian
Florida A&M University
Coleman Library
Tallahassee, FL 32307-4700
Phone:  (850) 561-2131
Fax:  (850) 561-2599 

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Dowling
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 9:35 AM
To: Jim Coble
Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Mechanism for testing off-campus access from on-campus?

A common kludge is to exclude one on-campus workstation's IP address from your
accepted ranges.  Voila, an "off-campus" machine.

Or, explain to your boss that you need to work from home occasionally to test
proxy issues.


Thomas Dowling
tdowling at ohiolink.edu


On 08/13/2009 08:56 AM, Jim Coble wrote:
> We currently use EZProxy to provide off-campus access to licensed
> electronic resources to Duke faculty, staff, and students.  Library staff
> on campus are not, however, able to test or troubleshoot EZProxy settings
> since they are, well, on campus and have a Duke IP address.  I'm interested
> to know if / how other libraries have addressed this issue.
> 
> Thanks.
> 



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