[SWLUG] How do I find the reason for a website refusing to connect

[Dick Porter]

On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 12:40, Gareth Bowker wrote:
> telnet www.randomwebsite.com 80
> 
> If that's coming back as connection refused there's not a huge amount
> more you can do. If it comes back with something, try typing:
> 
> GET / HTTP/1.0
> 
> then hit return twice. If you get some html back then you at least know
> that the server is working (although the html may not be what you're
> expecting, if the site's hosted on a server with several websites).

HEAD / HTTP/1.0

is more useful for diagnostics, as you get all the headers you would
with a GET, but without the pages of html to wade through.

To see if it's a virtual hosting problem,

HEAD / HTTP/1.1
Host: www.example.com
(return, return)


- Dick