IxLoad HTTP : How to test a real webpage

       By default when requesting  a transaction IxLoad uses  an URL  with  the following format:
http://<IP>/<page/object>:<port_number>

For example when you set  the following in the GET command: Destination (IP or IP:port) =1.1.1.1 
                                                                                            Page/Object= /1b.html                                  

The URI used will be:   URI=1.1.1.1/1b.html                                                                  

        On the real world will not usually see this type of URI. Instead of  IP address will see a host name.
For example: www.blogger.com/login.html


         In the following example I will  explain how to setup  IxLoad  to simulate that  is actually a  HTTP browser opening www.google.com

Configuration  steps:
1. Find out the default object for www.google.com
On an internet browser type www.google.com and se what page it pops-up

2. Set the GET request in the HTTP Client activity  as in the following prinscreen:

3. Assign an IP address to the hostname www.google.com
On HTTP client click on NetTraffic Network2 then on DNS settings DNS2 and add a hostname entry for  your website 

****In case you forget to add the DNS entry you will get an error like this: