I'm talking about different hosts. Sorry for not being clearer. What I meant is that a URL does not necessarily specify which host a http daemon is active on. For instance, you could have 20 boxes that all correspond to one URL--http://foobar.com for example--that alternately serve pages to balance the load. I'm sure you already know all this.

So, now the question is, what is the best way to test how each individual host's http daemon is doing? The only way I know how is by telnetting into that host's port 80 and doing a HTTP get. IO::Socket::INET sounds interesting, although I don't quite understand how it differs and I haven't successfully implemented it yet.

In reply to Load Balancing by meonkeys
in thread using Net::Telnet to test Apache by meonkeys

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