When you host a site on a server, it uses the server's shared IP address - an exclusive number which is used to identify any kind of device connected to the Web. The domain name which you use for the site is for easy access and convenience of the visitors, but on a lower level, their Internet browser connects to the IP of the server. As there're many more sites than IP addresses, shared hosting servers use the same IP for multiple websites even if they are owned by different users. Even though this doesn't affect your website performance directly, using a dedicated IP can slightly improve the loading speed of a given site, giving it higher rankings in search engine results. Such an IP is needed for the setup of an SSL certificate as well, so if you wish to protect the payment or login information that your website visitors enter, you need an IP alongside the SSL.
Dedicated IP Address in Shared Hosting
If you use some of our shared hosting plans, you'll be able to add a dedicated IP address to your account with ease and assign it to any domain or subdomain with no more than a few clicks. This is valid no matter which data center you've picked for your account during the signup process, thus you'll be able to use this feature in our US, UK and AU facilities. This way, you can have a dedicated IP for an electronic commerce site, for instance, whereas a forum attached to it can use the server's shared IP as you can adjust each domain or subdomain separately from the Hosted Domains part of your Hepsia Control Panel. If you need a dedicated IP for an SSL certificate and you get the SSL from us, you're able to use our auto-configuration tool, which will assign an IP and install the SSL automatically for the site where you would like to use them.
Dedicated IP Address in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you have a semi-dedicated server account, adding your new dedicated IP address takes only a couple of clicks. Our Hepsia Control Panel is very easy and intuitive to use, so even when you have not had a website hosting account previously, you will not encounter any kind of difficulties to obtain and assign a dedicated IP. Each domain or subdomain inside the account can use its own IP address rather than the server's shared one and you are able to make this change inside the Hosted Domains section, where you will also find all IPs that your sites can use and if a dedicated IP is available or you are already using it. If you'd like to have an IP for an SSL certificate, we have an SSL order tool through which you will be able to select everything to be installed automatically. When you use this particular feature, our system will change the IP of the desired domain/subdomain to a dedicated one and it'll install your certificate within a matter of minutes, so you will not have to do anything on your end other than authorizing the SSL order through email.
Dedicated IP Address in VPS Servers
All VPS plans that we provide include a dedicated IP address, so you will not share the IP with another customer with a different account on the very same server. In case you select a hosting Control Panel for the server during the signup process, you'll receive an extra dedicated IP as well and you can use it for any content which you host on your VPS - a site, an app, an SSL certificate, a VOIP server, and so on. In case you require more IP addresses, you will be able to order them as an extra upgrade through your billing Control Panel and they will be assigned to your server quickly. You can control your IPs without difficulty through your web hosting Control Panel and the virtualization admin panel which you'll obtain to take care of the virtual machine.
Dedicated IP Address in Dedicated Servers
In case you buy a dedicated server, you probably want to run a web application or host numerous websites, so we provide 3 dedicated IP addresses free of cost with each and every package and you're able to use them the way you like - a software server, an SSL certificate, even child name servers for a domain name which you have registered here or from another company. The aforementioned option is really useful if you use the dedicated server to host users' Internet sites due to the fact that it will give you credibility and anonymity as a website hosting supplier. The server billing Control Panel will make it easier to add more IP addresses as well - the upgrade comes in increments of three and takes just a few clicks in the Upgrades section, therefore you are able to go ahead and take advantage of your new dedicated IPs just a few minutes after you submit your order.