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Life & fun · December 5, 2021

Run ping/ DNS lookups from multiple locations around the world

Run ping/ DNS lookups from multiple locations around the world launched on December 5, 2021 with 6 votes, #1,255 of 2,707 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.

What it does

The GeoNet API lets you run common network tools from servers that are located around the world. The purpose is to provide an API to help developers identify different network behavior depending on the region that the end-user is located in. Measure the latency to an IP from multiple locations around the world. Useful for performance testing, detecting anycast and identifying whether a service is down globally or just a specific region. Lookup various DNS records from multiple locations around the world. Helpful to identify whether websites are served from different locations depending on where the end-user isfrom geonet.shodan.io

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