If you host a site on a server, it makes use of the server's shared IP address - a special number which is used to detect any device connected to the Internet. The website name which you use for the site is for quick access and convenience of the site visitors, but on a lower level, their Internet browser connects to the IP address of the server. Because there are a lot more websites than IPs, shared web hosting servers use the same IP for multiple sites even in case they are owned by several users. While this does not affect the website performance directly, having a dedicated IP may slightly improve the loading speed of a particular site, providing it superior rankings in search engine results. Such an IP is necessary for the setup of an SSL certificate as well, so when you plan to protect the payment or login details that your site visitors submit, you should have an IP in addition to the SSL.
Dedicated IP Address in Hosting
With a hosting account on our cloud platform, you're able to obtain a dedicated IP address and assign it to any domain or subdomain with just a couple of clicks wherever your account is - in the United States, Great Britain or Australia. This is done from the Hosted Domains area of our intuitive and user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel where you can also keep track of what IPs are available, what are in use and what websites they're assigned to. If you want to use an SSL certificate to secure the information of your website visitors and you obtain it from us, our system will assign a dedicated IP and install the SSL for you, so you won't be required to anything manually on your end. Meanwhile, you can still have a site in a subdomain as an addition to the main one under a shared IP address - a message board where users can share opinions about your services, for instance.
Dedicated IP Address in Dedicated Servers
Considering that it's possible to run more or less anything on a dedicated server, all of our packages feature three dedicated IP addresses included as standard. In case you want to launch some server software or to set up an SSL certificate for a website that you host on the machine, you will be able to use the IPs which we supply without charge. You may also register child name servers with one or two of the IP addresses for any domain name that you've registered through us or somewhere else then use them to point other domains to the dedicated server. If you own a website hosting company, for example, this option will contribute to your credibility as an independent supplier. In case you need more IPs than the three our packages include, you're able to buy extra ones in increments of 3 either throughout the signup process or from your billing Control Panel any time.