Get detailed information about an Internet host. Enter an IP address (64.233.167.99), domain name (google.com), hostname (py-in-f99.google.com), or AS-number (AS15169) to get detailed dns information including reverse dns and forwards, whois information, who hosts the machine, and if it's listed in any RBLs (black lists).

Check any Internet host's reachability and how much latency there is in communicating with it from 50 locations worldwide

ARIN's WHOIS service gives contact and registration information for IP addresses, autonomous system numbers (ASN), organizations or customers that are associated with these resources, and related Points of Contact (POC). It doesn't include information on domain names or military networks.

Check a web page's reachability and response time from 10 locations around the world. See how long it takes to look up the site's IP address from DNS, to connect (latency from a location to the site), and to receive the page's text.

Ping is commonly used to determine if a given host is 'alive' on the Internet. It will repeatedly send a datagram to a network host to elicit a response from it and show you if, and how long it took to respond.

Query DNS domain name servers for information about host addresses, mail exchanges, name servers, and related information

Convert an IP address from 8/8/8/8-bit dotted-decimal format (dot-seperated, like 127.0.0.1) to 8/8/16-bit, 8/24-bit, and 32-bit notations in decimal, octal and hexadecimal.