[Eril-l] Solution for testing off-campus access

Mon Oct 11 08:32:00 PDT 2021

I telecommute once a month to test off campus access. I use my personal computer, personal Chrome account, and do not log in to VPN; replicating what one of our students would be doing. I have found it is the best way to see if our distance users are having issues. Our IT department doesn't want to "mess with" the IP's. Since I have an easy-enough solution that my management is fine with, it's not a fight worth having.

Kindly,
Kelsey

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Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Solution for testing off-campus access

We also have this setup (I have my own computer Included) but it doesn't help if what you're testing is the site jumping out of the proxy server, which is a common problem, as you're still on-campus to the vendor's authentication when that happens. So you still need true off-campus testing sometimes.

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If you use EZproxy and have static IPs for your PCs,  you can set EZproxy to treat specific IP addresses as though they are off campus by adding a few IncludeIP lines in your config.txt.

Example directives:

## Include connections from Athena's and Ask a Librarian PCs

# Athena

I 132.170.184.188

I 10.173.184.188

# Ask a Librarian

I 132.170.186.117

I 10.171.186.117

Documentation: https://help.oclc.org/Library_Management/EZproxy/Configure_resources/IncludeIP?sl=en

Athena

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Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Solution for testing off-campus access

We use a hotspot-this is convenient, inexpensive, and very effective.

Lisa Hopkins, MLS

Head of Technical Services, Associate Librarian

Assistant Dean of the University Library

Texas A&M University-Central Texas

1001 Leadership Place

Killeen, TX 76549

(254)519-5755

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Subject: [Eril-l] Solution for testing off-campus access

Hello all,

We are looking at new solutions for testing/troubleshooting off-campus access to e-resources. Our team of 6-ish folks were previously using a mix of remote desktop and VPN setups or the Opera Browser VPN,  but we are in the market for something more stable. If you have a great setup or product to recommend for this task, we would love to hear about it!

Lindsey Lowry, MLIS she/her/hers

Electronic Resources Librarian, University Libraries

Assistant Professor

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