IP address guidelines

This is not intended as a tutorial, rather some practical help if you are unsure as to how to determine your IP address. By providing the IP address for your site, you will enable all users on that site to gain access to EJMS.

The IP address is a unique number of the form 123.456.789.012: i.e. four blocks of between one and three numbers separated from full stops. It can be read by web servers and our server will check the IP address returned by your web browser against a list of IP address we set up that are allowed to access the papers. When it is working you will notice nothing: you will just be connected to a paper to which you are entitled. If it is not working (or you try and access a paper you do not have a subscription to), you will be prompted for a username and password. We have some individual users (Editors etc.) who access EJMS on the web by username/password, but this access is not generally available.

So, how do you determine the IP address that you should put on the Web Agreement? If you work in a large institution or company, your network will probably have a firewall or gateway through which all Internet traffic goes. It is the IP address of this that you will probably need.

  1. Your IP address is NOT the same as the address of your web site
  2. If there is a library at your place of work, ask them; they probably have done this for other journals
  3. If you have an in-house computer or network department, ask them
  4. If you don't, ask your Internet Service Provider (ISP)
  5. If you are still stuck, go to our Web Access Diagnosis Page, and complete the short form there. This will display a page which should show the IP address you are using; it will also e-mail the information to us, so if you do not need a reply please say so in the Comments field! When you do this, make sure you are at a computer where you have the subscription and where you intend to access EJMS from.

If you need further information, contact us detailing what you have already tried. It will probably be useful if you do this via the Web Access Diagnosis Page and describe the steps you have taken in the Comments field.


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