IPs are assigned individually as far as I know on every OS. It is trivial
to add and remove them individually and without rebooting the server. I
have a server right now that has an IP in the 188.x.x.x netblock and
another at 5.x.x.x.
The issue is because hosts like to use /28 ip blocks in their i
* VPS = VDS *
In a typical VPS setup, each host is assigned a block of IPs, and you
are issued an IP from that block. So if you wanted to move your IP, they
would need to move the whole block, and since they have other customers
on that block, it's not happening. You could setup your network t
For small customers (not GSPs), they don't want to deal with the hassle.
For example, we''ve talked to NFO and they said they are unable to move IPs
to a VPS because it is automated. When a server is provisioned their system
probably automatically edits the routing table to point to the proper
loc
It doesn't matter whether some datacenters are helpful about IP addresses or
not... it's still the case that changing providers *always* results in loss of
former IP addresses.
The whole point of this thread is that it would be nice if Steam Server
Favorites weren't tied to IPs, but instead to
If a datacenter tells you moving your IP space is impossible, they are
flat out lying. If that was the case, how would they assign more IPs
when you order them?
Not a single datacenter we work with it has any issue bringing up our
IPs anywhere on the their network.
On 9/28/2013 11:48 AM, Spe
“We used to have to fight our provider pretty hard to retain our IP addresses.”
I had the same experiences but ultimately got to keep the IP’s. It was a bit of
a struggle, they’re usually saying something along the lines that it’s
absolutely totally completely IMPOSSIBLE, which then gets changed
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