---
title: "Networking"
description: "Learn about VM networking on Edge Network. Public IPs, additional IPs, private networks, and bandwidth management."
url: https://edge.network/docs/compute/networking/
---

# Networking

Networking

# Networking

Manage IP addresses, private networks, and bandwidth for your virtual machines.

## Public IP Addresses

Every VM is assigned a public IPv4 address upon creation. This is your VM's primary public address for incoming and outgoing traffic.

### Finding Your IP Address

- Navigate to your VM's **Networking** tab
- Your public IPv4 is displayed at the top
- Click the copy icon to copy to clipboard

Screenshot: Networking tab showing IP addresses

**Static IPs:** Your public IP remains the same for the lifetime of your VM. It only changes if you delete and recreate the VM.

## Additional IP Addresses

You can add additional public IPv4 addresses to your VM for hosting multiple services, SSL certificates, or failover configurations.

### Adding an IP Address

- Go to your VM's **Networking** tab
- Click **Add IP**
- Confirm the additional cost ($2/month per IP)
- The new IP is allocated and displayed in the list

Screenshot: Add IP confirmation dialog

### Configuring Additional IPs

Additional IPs are assigned to your VM but need to be configured in the operating system. Here's how to add an IP on Ubuntu/Debian:

```
# Add a secondary IP to eth0
sudo ip addr add YOUR_NEW_IP/32 dev eth0

# Make it persistent (Ubuntu 18.04+)
# Edit /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml and add:
#   addresses:
#     - YOUR_PRIMARY_IP/24
#     - YOUR_NEW_IP/32
```

### Removing an IP Address

- Go to your VM's **Networking** tab
- Find the IP you want to remove
- Click the trash icon next to the IP
- Confirm deletion

**Note:** You cannot remove your primary IP address. Only additional IPs can be deleted.

## Private Networks

Private networks allow your VMs to communicate with each other securely over a private network, without traffic going over the public internet.

### Benefits

- • Secure VM-to-VM communication
- • No exposure to public internet
- • Lower latency than public networking
- • Free bandwidth between VMs

### Limitations

- • Same region only
- • One private IP per network per VM
- • Maximum 10 networks per account

### Creating a Private Network

- Go to any VM's **Networking** tab
- Scroll to **Your Private Networks**
- Click **Create Network**
- Enter a name for the network
- Click **Create Network**

The network is automatically assigned an IP range (e.g., `10.x.0.0/24`) and gateway.

Screenshot: Your Private Networks table

### Attaching VMs to a Network

- Go to the VM's **Networking** tab
- Click **Attach Network**
- Select the network from the dropdown
- The VM is assigned a private IP on that network

```
# After attaching, the network interface appears automatically
# Check with:
ip addr show

# You should see an interface like ens4 with your private IP
# e.g., inet 10.185.0.2/24
```

### Detaching and Deleting

To detach a VM from a network, click the trash icon next to the attached network. To delete a network entirely, you must first detach all VMs from it.

**Private networks are free.** There's no charge for creating or using private networks.

## Bandwidth

Monitor your VM's bandwidth usage from the Networking tab. Edge Network includes generous bandwidth with zero egress fees.

### Zero Egress Fees

Unlike other cloud providers, Edge Network doesn't charge for outbound data transfer. Upload and download as much as you need.

### Viewing Bandwidth Usage

The Networking tab shows your current month's bandwidth usage:

- **Inbound:** Data received by your VM
- **Outbound:** Data sent from your VM
- **Total:** Combined bandwidth usage

Screenshot: Bandwidth Usage section

## IPv6

IPv6 support varies by region. Where available, your VM is assigned a public IPv6 address in addition to its IPv4 address.

IPv6 addresses are displayed in the Networking tab alongside your IPv4 addresses. Both protocols are supported simultaneously.

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