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PingBrigade: Ping Any Hostname Online & Measure Response Time

TehseenBaweja — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:01:06 +0000

There are many tools that let you check if a website is down or not, but PingBrigade takes that one step further by letting you ping any server and measure its response time. The response time is measured in seconds through various locations in the world and displayed on a map.

PingBrigade also lets you measure the page load time of any website measured from different locations of the world. Plus, the tool lets you measure web server latency for any host as well. You can check these things for as many hosts as you want, and also sign up to monitor up to 5 resources for free and get email notifications any time they go down.

Features:

Ping any server and check response time.
Check page load time and server latency for any host.
See responses measured from different locations through out the world.
Sign up to monitor 5 resources and receive email alerts.
Similar tools: Hurl.

Visit PingBrigade @ www.pingbrigade.com

PingTest: Online Broadband Quality Test

abhijeet — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:34:36 +0000

At first glance, PingTest might look like any other broadband speed test service out there. However, it isn’t one of those. It doesn’t check the speed of your connection. Instead it checks the overall quality of the connection that determines how well it can stream videos, play music and online games. You may call it broadband quality test tool.

When you click on “Begin test”, it first selects a server from where it’ll run the test. Then it runs various tests to check for packet loss, ping and jitter and rates your connection accordingly. You could also choose to select a different server and re-run the test.

Features:

Check the quality of your broadband connection.
Connection tested for packet loss, ping and jitter.
Check out their learn page to see what the above terms mean.
Get the grade for your connection. You may also re-conduct the test.
You may also go through recent MakeUseOf article about understanding the internet speed.

Check out PingTest @ www.pingtest.net (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

Hurl: Easily Make HTTP Requests

Srikanth AD — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:16:38 +0000

Hurl is a free web based tool that makes it easy to make custom HTTP requests, save them online or share with others. The application comes in handy for anyone who is working with APIs, the service is a great time-saver to quickly view responses & develop accordingly.

To use the site, simply enter a URL and click ‘send’. Hurl will then fetch the URL and display the headers as well as the body of the webpage. It enables you to choose the request method, customize headers and POST parameters. You can add basic authorization and even follow redirects.

It provides you with suggestions while adding custom headers and parameters. With an optional registration, Hurl can remember the requests you make for future reference. You can always edit and modify the hurls accordingly.

Watch the demo video below:

Features:

Make HTTP requests.
Choose the request method, customize headers and POST parameters.
Keeps a history of all made HTTP requests.
Share your Hurls with others by forwarding a URL.
Free to use, optional registration.

Check out hurl @ http://hurl.r09.railsrumble.com (by Srikanth AD from Techonaut )

IsThisDown: Check If The Website Is Really Down

Kaly — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:40:56 +0000

IsThisDown is an online website ping tool that has one simple purpose, that is help you find out whether the website you’re trying to access is actually down or blocked by one of the filters on your network. Next time you see one of your favorite sites like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube etc. down just head to IsThisDown and check it out.

Features:

Ping the website online and see if it’s down.
No registration needed.

Check out IsThisDown @ www.isthisdown.com