If you do now or have ever run a website, you know how daunting it can be to maintain a web server. You need to become an expert on many topics like DNS, MX, CNAME, web languages, and so on. Many low traffic sites or beginner sites may be hosted on a managed and shared server to save time, money, and worry. This is a great solution but the fate of this solution depends on all of the clients hosted on the server. If one site uses too many resources or a bad piece of code, it can crash the server taking down every site with it which in some cases can be thousands of websites. Web site YouGetSignal scans your external IP address to let you know which ports are being successfully forwarded through your firewall and which ports are closed for business. YouGetSignal.com tracks your network information. YouGetSignal.com lists your IP address, you external address, and your port number. This is useful to see if your service applications are being blocked by a firewall. YouGetSignal.com also features an area code locator. This tool is only useful of area codes from the United States. Plug in an area code and YouGetSignal.com will tell you geographically where it is from.

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 at 5:51 am | by Kur-nia-one |