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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 Email: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Gray Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 12:42 PM To: [log in to unmask] 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 %-)