An IP address is a unique number which identifies a site or a hosting server on the world-wide web, so in the event that you have a dedicated IP, it shall be employed just by your websites and shall not be shared with other people as it happens with shared website hosting accounts. In case you have your own web server, you shall have a dedicated IP, but you may need additional ones for a variety of uses. In case you have an online store, for instance, you shall need an SSL certificate for it, in order to ensure that the payment info which your clients submit will be encrypted and secure. The same is valid in the event that you have a login form of some type and you would like the usernames and the passwords which visitors enter to be secured. The SSL certificate requires a dedicated IP, which has to be different from the one which you already have on the machine. You could also need an individual IP for an app such as a VoIP server, or if you desire a slightly better overall performance for a certain website, which may influence its position in search engine results.
Extra Dedicated IPs in Dedicated Servers
When you get one of our dedicated server plans, you'll receive 3 IP addresses at no additional charge and you'll be able to use them for any purpose. If you need even more IPs, you'll be able to request them whenever you want via your billing area and we'll assign them to the hosting server a few minutes later. You may also get additional IPs during the signup procedure and they shall be available on your machine the moment it is all set and we hand it over to you. The IP upgrade is available in increments of 3 and you may pick how many addresses you will order and how long you shall use them, since you will be able to select the number of IPs which you'll renew every 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 site or application which your clients may have - if you have purchased the hosting server with the aim to resell the disk space to third parties.