We are using a local ISP that has given us a highly discounted rate ($10/year), so no problem. Thank you for your help!
On 1/23/06, MT Morales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. 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