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The need for the proxy service is addressed in item #12 in the MSUnet Wireless FAQ (techbase article #1737). The reason this is required for access to some Library resources has to do with a tradeoff being made between a consistent, campus-wide wireless service, including roaming between buildings, and a service that might look different within the Main Library only (and perhaps other library branches). We can't guarantee that a wireless user will have an IP address from a specific IP block, given that the user may roam to/from the Library via MSUnet Wireless. I personally don't like basing such access on IP addresses alone. However, a number of resource providers, especially in the Library Resource area, seem to insist upon this as their primary access control. Doug On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 03:06:59PM -0500, Bosman, Don wrote: > This issue came to our attention early this term. There was supposed to be some notice going up on Angel and the ACNS Wireless pages. I've no idea what the status of that is. > > Some of the databases and journals we subscribe to are limited in various ways. The electronic versions are usually constrained by IP ranges. > > Some are limited to campus use. Anyone on campus can use them. > Some are limited to campus IP addresses, hence the proxy. Anyone with an MSU Net ID can use them. > > Some are limited to certain buildings. For instance, some business data sources can only be accessed inside the Gast Business Library IP range. Some only within the main library. > > Adding IP ranges to the some of these data sources is not possible contractually, other are prohibitively expensive. > > Infotrac is definately one of the IP limited resources. > > > Don Bosman > Information Technologist > Michigan State University, Libraries > 100 Library > East Lansing, MI 48824 > 517-432-6123 ex 233 > [log in to unmask] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On > Behalf Of Peter J Murray > Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 2:51 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [MSUNAG] infotrac IP/er.lib.msu.edu > > > Not sure who should get this, but Infotrac for the library's electronic > resource database does not work with MUSNet Wireless IP addresses. > (35.13 I think). Sure, you could use the proxy, but that seems counter > productive. > > PM > James Madison College > -- Doug Nelson, Network Manager | [log in to unmask] Academic Computing and Network Services | Ph: (517) 353-2980 Michigan State University | http://www.msu.edu/~nelson/