I've just tested trying to browse the church web site while connected via MLS. In summary, it's a no go. First of all, the connection only remains active while you are doing a send/receive updates; and while it's doing it, it's to busy to handle other traffic. Once the MLS is done sending/receiving, the connection drops. Now, I notice there is a dialup connection configured by MLS, with ppp user in there but the password field is blank. So, somewhere somehow MLS issues the password at the right time. If you still want to use the MLS dialup account you'd probably request to obtain the ppp password from CHQ, or some other "approved" mean.
-mtm On 1/20/06, Richard Scott McNew < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The stake president approved the internet connection. It will be for > one computer only, in the stake clerk's office, for the exclusive use > of preparing online missionary documents. > > I will try to see if setting the browser on proxy, port 80 works this > Sunday. > > If not, I have received an offer for a discounted connection ($10 / > year) from a local ISP in Orem. They are willing to discount heavily > since its a church connection. > > On 1/20/06, MT Morales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 1/20/06, Brian Phillips < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > The only broandband connections at meetinghouses I know are for > > > > geneology centers, the rest have to receive special approval from > > > > Church headquarters; or be part of a new pilot program. > > > > > > > > If nobody else has done it yet, I will try accessing church sites > > > > from a web browser tonight while connected through MLS and see how > it > > > > goes. > > > > > > > > -mtm > > > > > > Make sure you put your proxy settings to > > > > > > INETPROXY on port 80 > > > > > > I was speaking with a church network guru and he says theoretically, > that > > > should work. > > > > > > After seeing this all come through I realized my knowledge of the > > > meetinghouses connection was lacking and so I had a lengthy > conversation > > > with him. A few other points he brought up. He affirmed what you > said > > > about stake centers with geneology departments being the only one with > a > > > broadband connection. Regular meetinghouses dial-up through MCI to > the > > > MLS > > > system. The MLS system is connected to the church network and > > > communicates > > > on various ports, but he doesn't know if port 80 is one of them or > > > not. If > > > it's not blocked, setting your browser settings will allow you to go > > > through > > > MLS to the church and then back out to the internet with all of it's > web > > > content filtered by the church's proxy. > > > > > > He also went into a schpeel about how if the meetinghouse needs an > > > internet > > > connection, send a well-drafted message to the MLS department because > they > > > are the only ones stopping meetinghouses from all having broadband > > > connections. > > > > > > He then finished it up by telling me that it is against church policy > to > > > have an internet connection in a meetinghouse. Exceptions to the > policy > > > are > > > decided by the Stake President. (If he says do it...do it.) > > > > > > Now that we have successfully turned the UUG mailling list into the > church > > > policy mailling list...I'll be done now :D > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > > > > -------------------- > > > BYU Unix Users Group > > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > > > > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > > > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or > BYU-UUG. > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > > > > > That's good, thanks for sharing that information. I'm sure some of us in > the > > list can benefit from it. I'll post my results tonight. Also, if you > haven't > > done so yet, as stake computer specialist, you are entitled to request > (or > > create) an MLS account(with some level of access) for yourself on the > stake > > computer. > > Done for now too ;-) > > -mtm > > -------------------- > > BYU Unix Users Group > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
