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

[Karen Merguerian]

We use WAM from iii instead of ezproxy, but I think the basic idea is the same.  

To test, I turn off the wireless switch on a laptop, unplug the network cable if one is plugged in, and connect my cell phone to my laptop with a usb cable.  Then I connect to the internet using my cell phone as a modem.  I'm not on the campus network that way, so I think I'm pretty close to a typical end-user experience.  

For this to work, you'll need to install some software on your laptop depending on what kind of phone you have, and I think you also need a data plan on the phone.  

Sometimes I don't have the right usb cable around.  Then I use the low-tech method: I call my mom and ask her to try!     
Karen Merguerian
Northeastern University Libraries 

> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> From: Jim.Coble at duke.edu
> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:56:14 -0400
> Subject: [Web4lib] Mechanism for testing off-campus access from on-campus?
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> --Jim
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