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Offline greeny

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Extra IP addresses
« on: February 14, 2010, 12:51:37 PM »
I notice that VPS users here have an option to get extra IP addresses. Why would they need more than one IP address? Does it have something to do with SEO and link building?

Offline FrankSpencer

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Re: Extra IP addresses
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2010, 05:22:57 PM »
I've used a second IP personally with a different domain name when I was testing changes to my site. I don't like to risk that a change might have negative rather than positive effects.

Offline dave

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Re: Extra IP addresses
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2010, 07:33:53 PM »
Extra IP's are needed for:
SSL Certificates
DNS servers
Multiple services on the same port
etc