‘Bag of the week’ for September 22, 2008: Down For Everyone Or Just Me?
September 26, 2008 – 9:11 amAgain, thanks to our favourite user, i1135t, comes another great service. This one was posted to their “Online Web Utilities” bag. It’s called, “Down For Everyone Or Just Me?” and serves a singular and useful purpose: to see if that web site you’re trying to reach is actually down, or if your busted-up computer or network filters is the problem. When you can’t get your Gmail or hit your favorite (hint, hint) weblog, just go to DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com, type in the address of the site that’s MIA, and find out if it’s really, you know, down for everyone or just you. I imagine this wouldn’t work perfectly in a multi-server situation—like if some Google servers were up but not others. Still, a quick and easy way to see whether your problem is widespread.
One Response to “‘Bag of the week’ for September 22, 2008: Down For Everyone Or Just Me?”
The purpose behind this is, as mentioned in the post, determining whether the site actually is down (hence nothing you can do but wait) or if it’s a problem on your end. I honestly wish this site was around when I was grappling with issues with Forceware’s firewall; I would have known to disable that turd a lot sooner.
By Phishhead! on Sep 26, 2008