How to order an additional IP network for a Dedicated Server

Additional IP addresses or networks are often used to host multiple services or to implement custom routing and firewall configurations. This article explains how to order them for your dedicated server.

Order additional IP addresses for a dedicated server

To order additional IP addresses:

1. Log in to the Customer Portal, navigate to Dedicated Servers → Manage, and select your server

2. Scroll to the Networks section and click Add Network

3. In the Network type dropdown, select Public IP

4. Choose the /32 network size

   A /32 network represents a single IP address, not a range. It is used to assign an individual IP alias to an existing network interface without allocating a subnet, gateway, or broadcast address.

5. In the Quantity field, select the number of IP addresses to add

6. Click Add

The additional IP addresses will be provisioned within approximately five minutes.

Order additional networks

On Windows servers, only alias IP addresses can be allocated. Ordering a full public subnet is not supported.

To add a new network:

1. Log in to the Customer Portal, navigate to Dedicated Servers → Manage, and select your server
2. Scroll to the Networks section and click Add Network
3. In the Network type dropdown, choose one of the following:
   • Public IP
   • Private IP
   • Public IPv6 (can be assigned to a server only once; not available in locations with reduced redundancy)
4. Select the desired subnet size (for example, /26, /27, /28, etc.)
5. Click Add

The new network will be provisioned within approximately five minutes.

Network sizes and reserved service addresses

The available network sizes depend on the type of location and the network architecture at that location. CIDR notation is used to designate blocks of IP addresses and subnet masks.

For example, a /29 prefix means the subnet contains eight IP addresses: 5 can be assigned to user devices and infrastructure devices, 1 is reserved for the network address, 1 for the gateway, and 1 for the broadcast address.

You can order IPv4 subnets of the following sizes: