Dreamhost Question
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- flashbender
I need a new host for my site and I'm leaning towards dreamhost but they do not guarantee a static IP, this seems silly to me.
So for those of you who use dreamhost for hosting but have your DNS hosted somewhere else, have you had a problem with this? As in the IP changing makes your site disappear since the MX records become incorrect?
OR if anyone else has suggestion, that's cool too. I don't need anything super great. Just php and MySQL.
- ismith0
I'm pretty sure what that means is that occasionally they cycle IPs through their servers, but your MX records will always be forwarded to the right one because they are simply accessing a gateway IP.
- such0
If you want a unique IP you can get it for $3.95/mo.
- flashbender0
^^^
"Although we guarantee that your IP will be unique (not shared with any other customers) we do not guarantee that it will be static."
- such0
Ah.
"At DreamHost, we use shared name-based hosting. It makes things a lot easier, and there is no difference at all for your site on the web.
If you want or need a unique IP (meaning nobody else's site is on your same IP), it comes standard with the Strictly Business plan. You can also add a unique IP to other plans for as little as $4.95 a month!
Please note, though, having a unique IP address does not mean your IP will never change --- these IPs are not STATIC. "
- such0
Unless you need a static IP, I don't think it really matters.
- flashbender0
ah, it seems it is not something I have to worry about.
Thanks for the input
- flashbender0
in case anyone was wondering this is what their sales guy said:
We do not offer static IP's, however we do offer unique IP's. The
difference is the IP can* change if we need to change it. For the most part it will stay the same though. If you do have the DNS hosted outside of us then there is a chance your site will become unavailable until you can update the DNS.
- kodap0
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- pixellette0
how is their support? they don't seem to have live customer support.
- Mojave0
I'm thinking about switching to dreamhost, how are they?