RE: Bypassing WAM

["Rutherford, John (Library)" <Rutherford@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We do that by listing our eresources on
html pages generated by php scripts. The
script checks the users ip address and if
it is oncampus it writes the direct url, if
off-campus it writes the proxy format.

We store the url in a simple database record
broken down into two fields (host and any parameters),
then write the address in one of the two formats.
Of course you lose that statistics generated through
wam when you do this.

John Rutherford
Conn State Univ.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bernadette Maria Houghton [mailto:bhoughto@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 8:05 PM
To: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Bypassing WAM


Our library is currently in the process of setting up WAM, and I'm looking 
into whether it is possible to bypass the proxy for oncampus users, to 
reduce the load on the server (and also our  bandwidth costs!).

I've been digging deep into the archives and Innovative documentation and 
have been left with the impression that it can't be done via WAM itself. 
There appear to be two alternative solutions -

* set up separate links for on- and off-campus users in each bib record/web 
page
* create dynamic web pages to read the user's IP and present the 
appropriate on- or off-campus link.

Am I reading things correctly, or is there another way to do this?

Regards

Bernadette


**************************************
Bernadette Houghton
Information Systems Coordinator
Library
Waterfront Campus
Deakin University
Geelong, Victoria

email bhoughton@xxxxxxxxxx

--
This message was distributed through the Innovative Users Group INNOPAC list
Public replies:  INNOPAC@xxxxxxxxxx
Update your subscription options: http://innopacusers.org/list/listinfo/innopac