Posted by tobi — 10:40 AM Jun 10
via reddit :
This little tool which was just released is proving to be really useful for setting up our new server farm. It basically works like a ping for http but you can instruct it to test various aspects of http such as gzip compression and concurrency.
% wbox www.google.it
WBOX www.google.it (64.233.183.99) port 80
0. 200 OK 3774 bytes 407 ms
1. 200 OK (3767) bytes 273 ms
2. 200 OK 3767 bytes 304 ms
3. 200 OK 3767 bytes 260 ms
user terminated

Edwin Sheldon 12 Jun 16:34
Nice find! I used it to test my Typo/Mongrel setup. First response was a bit slow, but all subsequent responses were fast.
Josh 15 Jun 16:56
Looks not bad :) Work, our enthusiasts!
yykiebqiwu 21 Jun 21:08
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John 04 Jul 04:49
But guys, it’s still quite slooooow. How to breathe life in it?!