primary IP / 2 IPs?

[h4ngedm4n]

Hello, I am new to the rapidvps community, and signed up to try the basic plan. My experience has been great so far, but I am confused on what to do with 2 IPs and wanted to hear what other people have have been using them for. I am also curious whether it is 2 IPs pointed at the same VPS or 2 different VPS mirrored. :confused:

[Rick]

Hi, both IPs are pointed to the same VPS. you have one VPS with two IPs. Just like you can have one physical server with two IPs. the concept is the same.

We give you two IPs so that you can operate a DNS server, registrars require two unique nameserver records to point global authority to. something like dns1.rapidvps.com and dns2.rapidvps.com, those are our two nameservers for our domain. you can register your own at the domain registrar, pointing to your ips or use our rapidvps.net nameserver hosts, as explained in the initial email you received with the account.

also, two ips is good for virtual hosting + (1) static SSL hosting, since an SSL connection requires a static IP per domain name.

hope this answers your question and welcome to the forum!

[h4ngedm4n]

Yes it does, thank you for the fast, helpful and educational response.

[Dghed]

Hi, both IPs are pointed to the same VPS. you have one VPS with two IPs. Just like you can have one physical server with two IPs. the concept is the same.

We give you two IPs so that you can operate a DNS server, registrars require two unique nameserver records to point global authority to. something like dns1.rapidvps.com and dns2.rapidvps.com, those are our two nameservers for our domain. you can register your own at the domain registrar, pointing to your ips or use our rapidvps.net nameserver hosts, as explained in the initial email you received with the account.

also, two ips is good for virtual hosting + (1) static SSL hosting, since an SSL connection requires a static IP per domain name.

hope this answers your question and welcome to the forum!



I have a VPS1 that is used only to store image files that are being called from another site.

I've looked around researching the pros/cons of calling the images via IP or domain name.

I've run it both ways and the difference in speed seems to be pretty minimal.

Am I gaining any real security/redundancy using the domain name? Like, is it enough so that even if I loose a few ms it's just better practice?

Thanks.

[Rick]

Hi, its generally a bad idea to reference urls with an IP unless absolutely necessary. Assuming your dns server won't die, using dns is more reliable then an IP. Speed is basically the same, the dns lookup is pretty negligible. Ips can change, ips can go down. reference the url with a name and its easy to change the IP in the zone file if you ever need to.