[SWLUG] Web response times

[Jonathan Wright]

Neil Jones wrote:
> I am looking at the possibility of renting a server on the net.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas about testing response times of websites
> stored on servers so that I can test various options before hand?

There are a couple of utilities (tcpping and tcptrace spring to mind)
which would allow you to ping by connecting directly to network ports.
That may help to give you a basic idea.

However, for browsing a site, you would need to know which site(s)
is/are on a server to do a real test.

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