To answer this question, we first need to understand its variations. This term comes from the original term of stresser,

which is a tool designed to stress test networks. In order to run a successful internet business, or even just having a site, you, as administrator, must know your network’s capacity of bandwidth or visitors.

The average booter consists of two main categories: Layer 4 and Layer 7 methods. In simple words, layer 4 methods are stress tests done directly on the IP while Layer 7 methods are mostly HTTP requests. When the stress testing industry was still new, it consisted of raw UDP stress tests and regular GET HTTP requests. Since then it developed a lot and now offers amplified stress tests which consist of UDP reflectors such as SSDP, DNS, NTP and more. Even the Layer 7 methods have developed since and now offer reflected stress tests using XMLRPC and Joomla services.

In order to decide what is good ip stresser, we need to understand a few important factors. The first one is the bandwidth per stress tests which is measured by Gbps, or the requests per second (if it’s Layer 7). The higher the Gbps, the higher the input or “power” per stress test. Other factor is the stress time. A lot of booters offer high Gbps while the stress time is only a few minutes, which usually is not enough to test your network. The third factor is the stress testing methods. It’s important that the ip stresser that you purchase will always be updated with the latest stress testing methods for high amplification rate. To these important factors there are still a few things that matter like uptime, support and the company’s credibility on the market.

The first time buying a booter, it can be confusing because of the parameters that are used in each stress test. The parameters are usually Host, Port, Time and Method. In order to understand how the stress test works in each booter, I will explain each paramter individually. Host would be your server’s IP address, or if it’s a server using Layer 7 methods, it would be a full url of your website. Port is the targeted port on your server, default is 80 unless you would like to check a specific service running on a UDP port. Time is the seconds for the stress test to work and eventually method (the trickiest one) is the method in which the stress test would work. It may vary from raw udp to advanced amplification methods. Considering the booter is using amplification methods, the most basic one would be DNS which I would suggest for begginers.

Eventually, choosing the right IP stresser for your work is not an easy task, but considering all listed parameters, it can be easier for you to compare between each booter in order to find the one the suits you the best. Still not sure? A good IP stresser would always provide support for new members.