As far as I understood the question, it is neccesary to perform a GET
HTTP request to particular server.
The following tools may be helpful:
telnet
. You can connect to specified remote server via specified port, and send requests/get responses.wget
. Linux command line HTTP client. Area of usage limited by protocols used for web browsing - HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, etc. Should be ok for the requested purpose.curl
. Long words short, similar to the previous tools.Firefox
with some addons installed, for exampleFirebug
. Provides user-friendly UI for displaying network activity related to page opening.