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What is my IP address?
Problem
You want to figure out your IP address.
New way
Visit Google and type in “what is my ip“, or just simply “my ip“. Direct link: http://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+my+ip&hl=en.
Old way
- http://ifconfig.me/ip (no bullshit, just the bare minimum)
- http://ipchicken.com/ (tells your user-agent too)
- http://www.whatismyip.com/
- http://www.whatismyip.net/
Sexy way
- http://www.moanmyip.com/ (NSFW, thanks Phloating Man for the link)
This tip is from here (in Hungarian).
Who is hosting a given website?
To find out who is hosting a given website, visit http://www.whoishostingthis.com/.
Example: http://www.whoishostingthis.com/wordpress.com
Related work
You can also install the Flagfox Firefox add-on. Then, with a simple click you can get lots of information about the current page you are visiting.
Is a given website down or not?
Problem
Your favorite website doesn’t want to load. Is the given website down? Or is there a temporary problem with your network provider?
Solution
Try the website http://www.downornot.com/. Normally they check your site from three random stations around the world. If 2 or more stations find an error or do not get response within 4 seconds, the site is considered to be “down”.
Tip: on the main page of Down Or Not, there is a cloud with the most popular searches. Check out the cloud to find out what’s hot today…
Other methods
Some alternative methods:
ping HOSTtraceroute HOST
Where HOST is the site you want to check. However, these two methods are not too reliable for checking if a website is up. I just checked a site that was definitely up, but both ping and traceroute failed to reach it.
IPv6 Connectivity Test
Problem
You want to test your connection whether it’s IPv6 (preferred) or IPv4 (old and crusty).
Solution
Visit these test sites:
They are also good to figure out your IP address.
Read more
See Betelt az internet; Világkáosz és zűrzavar; Június 8. lesz az IPv6 napja (in Hungarian).
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