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smp_86112
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Mar 06, 2014

Testing GTM topology results

I was wondering what resources people use to test the effect of GTM-topology load-balancing on Internet-based LDNS servers? I need a way to submit a DNS query that will reach my GTM from a geographic...
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Not sure what your requirements are, but Pingdom.com has geographically distributed monitoring sites (list of source IP address is available from Pingdom). If you set up Pingdom to monitor a URL, you will see each monitoring request come from the respective geo location.

 

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smp_86112
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Mar 06, 2014
> Not sure what your requirements are I am looking for a (free) way to submit a DNS query for my WideIP to a DNS server which is known to be in Germany. Or Brazil. Or Canada. Or Japan. Or, or, or... That's the only way I'll know for certain how my GTM will process its topology records. I don't have DNS servers in all these geographic regions, so I have no way to test them other than to submit the query from someone else's DNS server. I think the service you referred to would probably work, but it's a more formal service than what I'm looking for. I'm basically just looking for a free web tool. Thanks for the response though.