Hello Angus
We have three 'off campus' PCs in the library so we can check remote access
issues, one in our Procurement office, one in our enquiries team office and
one by our online chat point. Our IT department provide them, I'm not sure
how they are set up exactly but they do not go through the same IP address
range as our on campus PCs. I mainly use this to check Shibboleth access is
set up correctly.
We also have a login to Browser Stack https://www.browserstack.com/, which
allows you to check off campus access on different browsers and devices.
This has been useful for checking access on different tablets and mobiles
but the site is a bit flakey.
Kind regards
Hannah
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Hannah Britcher
Team Leader, Procurement & Metadata
University Library
University of Portsmouth
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University Library, Cambridge Road, Portsmouth, PO1 2ST, UK
On 21 September 2016 at 16:19, Angus Sinclair <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> Increasingly we need to check access to resources from outside our campus
> network to support remote users and I just wondered how other libraries are
> doing this?
>
> So far as I'm aware all of our campus computers are on the same IP range
> that we give our suppliers so I have on occasion used my mobile to access
> resources 'remotely'. This is not ideal for a number of obvious reasons.
>
> I initially spoke to our IT department about getting a Tor browser, but
> again, the reasons for not being allowed to are obvious enough. The next
> suggestion was a VPN but I was told the service they provide would not be
> suitable as it serves to bring external clients on to our internal network.
>
> I just wondered if there was a simple solution I've overlooked?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Angus
>
> Angus Sinclair
> e-Resources & Journals Coordinator
> Goldsmiths, University of London
> London SE14 6NW
> 0207 717 3343
>
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