What is cable.ayra.ch?

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cable.ayra.ch is a personal collection of independent web tools and services, organized into six categories. It is useful if you want small, single-purpose utilities — an Apache/PHP installer, a DOCMAC IPv6 address generator, an image compressor, a PDF page splitter, a Wi-Fi QR code generator, and more — without installing anything locally. The services run independently, so most of them have no link back to the main overview page.

How the site is organized

The homepage is a service listing split into six categories you click into:

  • Home
  • New Toys
  • Info
  • Security
  • Ext
  • Other

The listing also shows a "Latest Changes" feed and a "Show All" view with 153 entries. Each entry has a name and a short description, and everything in the latest-changes list also appears in at least one category.

What kinds of tools are there

The site mixes practical utilities with experiments that have no real purpose.

Practical tools include:

Tool What it does
Apache Installer Easy-to-use installers for Apache + PHP
DOCMAC IP generator Generates DOCMAC IPv6 addresses
Image compressor Compresses images according to file size and dimension limits
PDF Splitter Extracts or deletes a range of pages from a PDF
Tor client for Windows Fully automatically created Tor client installer
Wifi QR generator Generates QR codes to connect to a Wi-Fi network
Windows language and encodings Lists all languages and encodings Windows knows

Playful or experimental items include a Braille converter, a JavaScript-only Gameboy emulator that runs in the browser, an IPoAC (pigeon network) calculator, an icon renderer, image dithering, a MOD player with over 4000 audio files, a WebAssembly version of the MOD player, and a PNG player demo that hides audio inside PNG files.

Two servers and a separate directory

There are two servers with different services. A link on the page lets you switch to the old directory, so if a tool you expect isn't in the current listing, check the old one.

Recent changes worth knowing

  • 2026-01-16: The IP service was retired and replaced by an improved service.
  • 2025-08-17: Country IP ranges were updated.
  • 2025-01-14: Ping and traceroute were added to the IP website.
  • 2023-10-12 and 2023-06-11: Country IP ranges were updated.

If you were relying on the old IP service, use the replacement instead.

When this site fits your needs

Use cable.ayra.ch when you want a quick, browser-based utility for a narrow task — compressing an image to a size limit, splitting a PDF, generating a Wi-Fi QR code, or checking IP ranges and traceroute data. Skip it if you need a supported product with documentation, accounts, or guarantees; this is a personal tool collection where services operate independently and some are deliberately purposeless.