One address is already included
The base monthly price of each server includes 1 IPv4, together with 250 Mbps unmetered. Linux uses that address for SSH. Windows Server uses it for RDP. One site, one reverse proxy, or one management entry is usually easier if the machine is running before you decide to add addresses.
“One included” is specific. If extra IPv4 stays at 0, the spec still shows that public address after delivery. It is not a trial, and it is not a shared egress. It is this machine’s address. Do not assume a second purchase is required before you can sign in.
Extra IPv4 starts at 0. Zero means the included address only. Five means five more, six in total. It does not replace the included address with five.
Windows and Linux use that included address the same way: it is the management face of the machine. The protocol is the difference. Linux watches it with SSH. Windows Server Standard or Datacenter puts RDP on it. A separate “management” and “production” address is rarely the first purchase. A firewall rule on the source range is usually the direct step.
How extra addresses are counted
Extra addresses are sold one by one, not packed as a /28 or a /27. The order page is a number stepper, not a package card. The extra count runs from 0 to 255. With the included address, each server holds 256 at most. A 257th address is not on this product. Split the workload onto another machine, or use a different plan.
Options enter the monthly total, then are prepaid with the server for the same term. Quarterly, semiannual, and annual terms multiply the months. Buying many addresses at once does not create a discount. The address charge is extra count × unit price. The included address is not charged again.
Check it with numbers. The 128GB model is $465 a month. Five extra addresses are 5 × $2 = $10, so the monthly total becomes $475. A quarterly amount due is $475 × 3 = $1,425. There is no separate “IP package price.” The 256GB model is the same formula with a model price of $592. Bandwidth, extra disks, and Windows use that same formula. Do not read IPv4 as a second invoice.
What “not a subnet” means
Selling one address at a time, and selling a block, differ in how you plan routing. A subnet package usually assumes you will run your own gateway or DHCP, or hand a range to guest machines. This site does not sell that package. Each extra address is a separate IPv4. You write the interface configuration yourself.
If the goal is “this site leaves on one address, that customer on another,” adding them one by one is enough. A contiguous block, your own route announcement, or a whole range as an IP pool for a virtualization platform does not match this product. Sixteen separate addresses are not a /28.
| What you are actually doing | The fit | Skip this first |
|---|---|---|
| One site plus SSH / RDP | Use the included address | Stock a batch of addresses |
| Several HTTPS sites on one machine | Reverse proxy, host header, certificate | Buy an address per site first |
| A customer or a control requires a separate egress | Add them one by one, and write down the use | Buy a whole block at once |
| Your own DHCP or a contiguous range | Use a plan that sells subnets | Treat loose addresses as a /28 |
When an extra address is worth it
Three cases show up most often. Without one of them, leave the stepper where it is.
- Several sites or customers on one machine need a separate egress, and you want to remove one later without touching the others.
- Mail or a control process ties “one machine, one IP” to isolation, and the sending source or the callback address has to be split.
- Sites are already split with a reverse proxy and host headers, and a protocol or a partner still requires its own public address.
Write down who each address is for before you add it. The console lists the count. It does not keep a purpose ledger. An address you cannot explain three months later is usually one that should not have been added.
When to wait
A few more HTTPS sites can share a reverse proxy, certificates, and host headers. A 32-core machine carrying a dozen sites is ordinary. They can share the included IPv4. Adding addresses before you split the sites usually makes the later DNS change more expensive.
Short bandwidth and a short address list are different problems. 250 Mbps is included and unmetered. When guest egress grows, raise the order to 1 Gbps or 2 Gbps. Buying more addresses does not buy throughput. An address is identity and isolation. Bandwidth is capacity.
Extras stop at 255. Before you get close, confirm the operating system can actually bind them. An unused address is still billed every month.
What to verify after you add them
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Read the console spec, not your memory
Open the instance after payment. The spec lists the extra IPv4 count. If it disagrees with the order, open a ticket before you invent aliases in the OS.
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Write the interface yourself. The site does not apply it.
On Linux, use netplan or the matching file for that distribution. On Windows, add the address in the adapter’s advanced settings. The page does not run
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Keep power and extra IP in separate tickets
Power on, power off, and restart are tickets. Adding an address is not a power action. Do not combine them as “restart and add an IP while you are there.”
After the address is bound, confirm it can leave the machine with a local curl or an outside probe. A count in the panel, with nothing bound in the OS, still presents the included address to the outside.
Reverse DNS, mail authentication, and certificate SANs are not done on the order page. Delivery means you may configure the address in the OS. Outbound mail, API callbacks, and a third-party allow list need the new address in your own DNS and in those consoles. Skip a step and the outside view is “bought, unused.”
How this matches the server you order
If the server should sit in Tokyo, Japan, and the whole machine is yours, the address rules on the order page are the ones above. Extra IPv4 is added one by one. It is not packed as a network block.
The 128GB model is $465 a month. 256GB is $592. Memory is DDR4-3200 ECC RDIMM and cannot be added after the order. The default disks are 2 × 1TB NVMe, attached directly. The address charge is extra count × $2 inside the monthly total, then times the number of months for the amount due. You can order without signing in. When sign-in is required, the return from payment still lands on the order page.
If this machine will also be a Proxmox host, read the note on the two direct disks. Address planning and disk planning are separate. One does not stand in for the other.
Add or remove addresses on the order page
One address is included. Use the stepper when you need more, from 0 to 255 extra. Servers are deployed in Tokyo, Japan. You can order without signing in.