Public IP

A Public IP is a public address that Control Center treats as its own service. You add it from an Internet Service. Then you open it like any other service: you see the address, who owns it, and which Internet service it is linked to.

Addresses can come from Wanscale, or from prefixes you brought in with Bring your own IP (BYOIP). Either way, each address is a Public IP service — not only a field on Internet or BYOIP.

You use Public IPs with Source NAT, Port Forwarding, and 1:1 NAT.

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    A(Order Internet) --> B(Add Public IP)
    B --> C(Public IP overview)
    C --> D(Use with NAT)

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Add a Public IP

Add further addresses from the Internet service. The Internet order form already asks for a first address.

1. Navigate to the Internet overview.
2. Click Actions, then Manage public IPs. You can also follow the Public IP addresses card on the overview.
3. Click Add Public IP.
4. Complete the form:
   • Label: Enter a name you will recognise later.
   • Tags (optional): Add labels for your own organisation.
   • Choose a prefix from Wanscale or from a BYOIP prefix, then either Allocate new IP address or pick an available address.
5. Click Submit.

Control Center creates a Public IP service and links it to that Internet service.

On the Internet overview, each address is a link to that Public IP. You can also open the Public IP addresses list from Services.

Overview

The Public IP overview shows:

• The address.
• Owner — Wanscale, or your organisation when the address comes from BYOIP.
• The linked Internet Service, or Not linked when the address is free.

Click Actions to change the name or tags. Delete Public IP is available only when the address is not linked to an Internet service. While it is linked, manage linking from the Internet service instead.

Manage addresses on Internet

Day-to-day address work stays on the Internet Public IPs page (Actions → Manage public IPs):

• Make primary IP — outbound Source NAT uses the primary address.
• Migrate Public IP — move the address to another prefix. This is not available when the Internet service already has more than one Public IP.
• Update Public IP — change the label, tags, or address.
• Unlink Public IP — detach the address from this Internet service. You cannot unlink the only remaining Public IP.

When no addresses are configured, the Internet overview asks you to Add public IP. When none is primary, it asks you to Set primary IP.

A free (unlinked) Public IP can be linked again from an Internet Public IPs page.