Hacksar

If you are even a slightly seasoned user of the internet, I’m certain that you have been greeted by the “cannot connect to webpage” or “network connection has timed out” message many, many times. Or, worse yet, you’re a webmaster and visit your site only to find that it seems to be “down”. What many people do first is to just ask a friend “Hey, does this site work for you?” and proceed to give them the link. However, this is grossly inefficient (finding an online friend can be difficult at odd hours, etc) and you will eventually become the “guy who can’t see if the website is working or not and always has to ask”. Nobody, and I mean nobody, wants to be that guy. So, instead there are some other tricks you can do to see if the site is actually down or if it’s just you. Keep reading for further info.

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