It's not specifically designed for your purpose, but
http://babelfish.altavista.com/ will retrieve a URL you type into the form,
and translate it to/from several lanaguages before presenting it to you. It
even makes a valiant attempt to preserve most links embedded in the page, so
you can continue to browse through the translated version.
Another option is one of the many free shell account services, nyx.net being
one of the most long-lived. You can use lynx from the shell prompt to check
web connectivity. Some of these services allow users to enter cron jobs, so
you could write a shell script that checks connectivity, and sends you e-mail
if there is a problem. There's a short list of these services at
http://members.xoom.com/full/telnet.html.
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ng, Kenneth
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 1999 2:33 PM
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> Subject: testing WWW server connectivity
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> Hello, I have a WWW server that some people are having difficulty reaching
> on the internet. Every test I can do indicates that it is operating
> correctly. Are there any web pages on the internet where one can type in a
> URL, and it will get that URL? I would use the traceroute pages, but the
> WWW server is behind a firewall that does not pass traceroute. My apologies
> for this off topic question, but this is the closest group that I can think
> of.
>
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