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Anthony Miller
Asked: 2011-10-15 11:14:50 +0800 CST

Viewing web server from an outside perspective

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We host our own web server, and we're trying to see exactly what our clients are seeing for an error on the website. Reason being, being connected to the network, the domain resolves correctly, however, all of our clients are receiving a 404 error.

Any way to view the website as a computer on the outside? Or maybe a trusted website resource that proxies a connection to do so?

EDIT:

First off, apologies for not giving the site name as it is a private site that's not even crawled.

Got back from my lunch break, went home and attempted a connection to it, and it gave the 404 error as well. I may go ahead and create a new post on the actual issue.

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4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    There are many ways to do this.

    • Pay for a cheap broadband connect, and view it from the broad-band connection.
    • Remote control your home computer and check out your site.
    • Setup a machine on some hosting service somewhere...
    • Pay for one of several hosted VPN services, with the VPN connected, make sure you routing is set so that your requests exit via the VPN.
    • Ask one of your clients to permit them to remote control their computer. Using something like goto assist, then you will see exactly what they see.
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  2. Depends on your relations with the client:

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  3. Another suggestion:

    Sign up for a free trial account at www.dotcom-monitor.com and setup a simple task to hit your website from their many geographically dispersed locations.

    The tasks are easy to configure - just have an HTTP task check for a few keywords that you know exist on your homepage (or any page for that matter) - then have it email you when those keywords are not found.

    DISCLAIMER: I am not in any way affiliated with doctom-monitor.com - other than being a happy customer.

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  4. There are any number of ways that you could do this if you wanted to

    1) Connect to a VPN and browse to the website

    2) Connect via a proxy

    3) Connect via an open wifi network you may have kicking around

    4) Tether your phone to a computer or connect via a wireless internet stick

    5) Connect to a remote computer via RDC / VNC / LogMeIn, etc

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