Sometimes a network administrator needs to get Internet-related information. The web site Network-tools.com (http://network-tools.com) gathers a number of Internet tools together on a single page to help in this area. Use of the site and its tools is free.
Some of the tools are:
• Ping – Basic ping tool
• Lookup – IP address information
• Trace – trace the route to an Internet address
• WhoIs – ownership informtion
• DNS Records – DNS record related to domain
• Spam Blacklist Check – Checks a domain against major blacklist services
• Email verification – validates an email address