Access is controlled by Internet address.
Persons with direct campus connections to the Internet and persons accessing the Internet through the Virginia Tech inbound modem pool do not need to set up a proxy server. Everyone else will need to configure their web browsers to use a proxy server, including local Blacksburg residents in apartments with ethernet and cable modem users. For detailed instructions, click on one of the browser specific links below. In general, though, there is a place on your web browser where a proxy server can be set. The proxy server should be activated any time you need to use one of the Library's restricted resources and deactivated at all other times or all of your Internet traffic will be filtered through the proxy server.