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Dedicated IP

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:10 am
by alex.barylski
Why do some hosting companies (shared) advertise the fact they offer unique IP's?

Virtual hosting with Apache works with a single IP. I assume however that FTP/SSH require an IP address.

If I had 12 clients on a single virtual machine (virtual web sites) using Apache and I wanted to offer each client SSH/FTP could I not have them each login using the IP address instead of their domain names?

WHy exactly would I *need* a unique IP...is this to support domain logins with FTP/SSH or other protocols?

Re: Dedicated IP

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:10 am
by Eran
Sometimes you need separate IP's for SEO purposes. Google keeps track of the source and destination of links, and downgrades their importance if they are on the same IP.