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  1. #1
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    Dec 2003
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    IP based hosting vs name based hosting

    What are the pros and cons of IP based hosting and name based hosting?

    Which is better for search engine placement?

    Thanks for any answers that you can give me.



    dats

  2. #2
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    With IP based hosting if your nameserver is down you can access your website through the IP address.

    I can't think of any reason why this would have an effect on search engine placement.

  3. #3
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    IP-based Vs. Name-based

    IP-based virtual hosts use the IP address of the connection to determine the correct virtual host to serve. Therefore you need to have a separate IP address for each host. With name-based virtual hosting, the server relies on the client to report the hostname as part of the HTTP headers. Using this technique, many different hosts can share the same IP address.


    Name-based virtual hosting is usually simpler, since you need only configure your DNS server to map each hostname to the correct IP address and then configure the Apache HTTP Server to recognize the different hostnames. Name-based virtual hosting also eases the demand for scarce IP addresses. Therefore you should use name-based virtual hosting unless there is a specific reason to choose IP-based virtual hosting. Some reasons why you might consider using IP-based virtual hosting:

    Some ancient clients are not compatible with name-based virtual hosting. For name-based virtual hosting to work, the client must send the HTTP Host header. This is required by HTTP/1.1, and is implemented by all modern HTTP/1.0 browsers as an extension.

    Name-based virtual hosting cannot be used with SSL secure servers because of the nature of the SSL protocol.
    Some operating systems and network equipment implement bandwidth management techniques that cannot differentiate between hosts unless they are on separate IP addresses.

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