How do I check if a website is up?

[Patrick Morris]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Andy Shellam wrote:

> Hi Josh,
> 
> You can, I believe, define a host using it's DNS name, however I and I'm
> sure the rest of the community would discourage that for the simple
> reason that if the DNS doesn't resolve, that host will be deemed down.

FWIW, I almost always define hosts by DNS name rather than IP address
wherever possible.  It's easier to maintain and you get the added benefit 
of being alerted if DNS breaks.

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