I've registered various combinations of my domain name and will be looking for a web host. Is it common for web hosts to map various domain names to the one IP address that I will be assigned and which web hosts work best with this arrangement at the least cost?

Its called multi domain hosting. and it doesn't even have to be to an IP.

A lot of hosts now supports multidomain hosting. I'm not in the position to recommend any host but Cyberpixels.com is what I've been using for the last 3 months

... would be in handy for you.

Go to www.mydomain.com and make accounts there for all your domains (it is free). Then in your registrar put in their NS info and after 24-48 hours you are ready. In their menu you can redirect, CNAME, IP Point (recommended)... you name it.

That way you can point all your domains to one hosting account without paying (more) ;)

Many hosts should be able to provide you multi domain hosting on one account. I know that anyone who uses H Sphere as a control panel can do that with no problem. Most hosts are using shared IP hosting now due to the requirements from ARIN. The question is whether they support hosting more than one domain per account.

Originally posted by Jim777
Is it common for web hosts to map various domain names to the one IP address that I will be assigned

This is called "name based virtual hosting", and it's quite common. IP addresses (as with everything else) cost money. A /20 costs $2500/year (about .61 cents per address per year) if you get them directly from ARIN. There are additional costs involved with assigning IP addresses, particularly if they need to be SWIP'ed. And if they are provided by a third party, such as an ISP, there is often a healthy markup.

There are various schools of thought regarding the differences between IP based and name based virtual hosting. Name based it's easier to administer because you don't have to deal with tracking IP addresses, or worrying about getting another block of them assigned if you run out. And it requires less configuration.

But, it's all transparent to the end user.

For more information:

Apache Project documentation: name based vs IP based hosts (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/vhosts/name-based.html)

Originally posted by Phoenix


This is called "name based virtual hosting", and it's quite common. IP addresses (as with everything else) cost money. A /20 costs $2500/year (about .61 cents per address per year) if you get them directly from ARIN. There are additional costs involved with assigning IP addresses, particularly if they need to be SWIP'ed. And if they are provided by a third party, such as an ISP, there is often a healthy markup.

There are various schools of thought regarding the differences between IP based and name based virtual hosting. Name based it's easier to administer because you don't have to deal with tracking IP addresses, or worrying about getting another block of them assigned if you run out. And it requires less configuration.

But, it's all transparent to the end user.

For more information:

Apache Project documentation: name based vs IP based hosts (http://httpd.apache.org/docs/vhosts/name-based.html)

What is "SWIP"?

We are currently using IP Adresses from our upstream provider, but they're charging to much per IP. We have been looking into obtaining a /20 and haven't really found any prices. Could you break down all the prices or things that they may charge for, but don't really tell you about it until you begin the process, so we can get an over estimate of what it may cost us?

Also, what are the routing issues with obtaining the ip addresses from ARIN directly. They always state thet it may not be globaly routable.

Thank you.