Hi Chris,

I'm not sure how your campus is set up, but our IT folks actually have a separate account with a local ISP just for this purpose; they were even nice enough to run a line into my office so I can plug in to test off-campus resources.  Granted, if that doesn't already exists at your campus, it may cost substantially more than $30/yr, but personally I find it is a great way to test resources from "off-campus."

Cheers,
Adam Traub
Systems Librarian
St. John Fisher College
3690 East Avenue
Rochester, New York 14618
Phone:  (585)385-8382
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-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Gray
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 12:42 PM
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Subject: [CODE4LIB] Simulating off-campus for testing

There are a number of services we offer that behave differently for 
off-campus users vs. on-campus users (based on IP address) and testing 
both behaviors is difficult while sitting on-campus.

I'm looking for an easy, reliable, and secure way to do this.

At the moment I'm doing a free 7-day trial of Anonymizer Anonymous Surfing 
software ($30/yr), but I want to make sure I'm not missing any good 
alternatives.

Does anyone have any recomnendations or relevant experience?

Chris Gray
Library Systems
University of Waterloo
(hopeful future ex sysadmin firefighter %-)