A 'private network' is exactly what the name describes: an internally reachable layer 2 network between as many VPS's as you like. With a private network you can attach multiple of your servers without this impacting the monthly data traffic limit.
You order a private network through our website. Within a minute the new private network will be visible in your account. When selecting this private network in the control panel, you can then add extra VPS's which are active in your account. The monthy costs of adding an additional VPS after the first two VPSs is the same as the price of the private network. For example, if you add four VPSs to a private network you'd pay three times the monthly price. There is no limit on the amount of VPS's you can add to private network.
- Every private network will add another network adapter on your VPS. This will not cause a reboot of your OS, but you will need to configure private IP's before you can make use of the private network. You can find a guide on how to configure private IP's here.
- You can only use IP's from the specific private IP-ranges: 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12en 192.168.0.0/16. You can also check it's RFC.
- The private network has its own network interface and does not share the same bandwith on the VPS as the external network connection. You therefore have a maximum of 1Gbit/s for your BladeVPS and 2.5Gbit/s for a PerformanceVPS.
- A private network cannot be handovered to another TransIP account, as is possible with a VPS or Big Storage-disk.
- A private network cannot be shared with another TransIP account. You can only connect VPSs from your own account.
- A private network cannot be shared with other services such as Kubernetes or OpenStack.
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