An IP address is a unique number which distinguishes an Internet site or a server on the Internet, so in the event that you have a dedicated IP, it'll be employed exclusively by your Internet sites and will not be shared with others as it happens with shared Internet hosting accounts. In case you have your own server, you'll have a dedicated IP, but you may need extra ones for various uses. In case you have an electronic store, for instance, you will need an SSL certificate for it, in order to make certain that the payment info which your customers submit shall be encrypted and protected. The same is valid if you have a login form of some type and you wish the usernames and the passwords that visitors enter to be secured. The SSL certificate requires a dedicated IP, which has to be different from the one that you already have on the web server. You could also need a separate IP for an app such as a VoIP server, or if you need a slightly better efficiency for a given site, which may influence its position in search engine results.
Extra Dedicated IPs in VPS Servers
Each and every VPS server plan that we provide features one dedicated IP address and if you add a hosting Control Panel to it, we'll give you a second one at no additional cost, so you can use it as you see fit. If you wish to use more IPs, you shall be able to order them with no more than a couple of clicks at any time, since you will locate this kind of an option both on our order page and within your billing CP. In the first case, the dedicated addresses shall be available the moment the virtual server is set, while in the second - a few moments after you order them. You'll be able to renew the IPs along with your VPS plan and use them for as long as you want. They can be useful not just for your own Internet sites, but also for the websites of any customers that you might have in case you're using the virtual server to run an Internet hosting reseller business. There's no restriction on how many times you can order additional IPs or on the number of of them you can use with your server at any given time.
Extra Dedicated IPs in Dedicated Servers
In case you acquire one of our dedicated server plans, you'll receive 3 IP addresses at no additional charge and you can use them for any purpose. If you need even more IPs, you may request them whenever you want from your billing area and we will assign them to the web server a few minutes later. You may even get more IPs during the signup process and they'll be available on your machine the moment it is set and we hand it over to you. The IP upgrade is available in increments of 3 and you could choose how many addresses you'll order and how long you will use them, since you could choose the number of IPs which you will renew each month with your hosting server plan. Any IP address which is assigned to your dedicated server could be used not only for your personal content, but also for any Internet site or application that your clients may have - if you have bought the web server with the goal to resell the disk space to third parties.