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- How Do I Assign or Retrieve a Specific EIP?
- Why Is an EIP Newly Assigned the Same as the One I Released?
- Can I Buy a Specific EIP?
- Does an EIP Change Over Time?
- Why Can't I Find My Purchased EIP on the Management Console?
- What Is the EIP Assignment Policy?
- Can an EIP Be Used or Migrated Across Accounts?
- How Do I Query the Traffic Usage of My EIP?
- Do I Need to Configure a Shared Data Package for Use After It Is Purchased?
- Can I Change the Dedicated Bandwidth Used by an EIP to a Shared Bandwidth?
- How Many ECSs Can I Bind an EIP To?
- What Are the Differences Between EIP, Private IP Address, and Virtual IP Address?
- What Are the Differences Among a Bandwidth Add-On Package, Shared Data Package, and Shared Bandwidth?
- When Should I Use Premium BGP and Are There Any Limitations on Using Premium BGP?
- Why My EIPs Are Frozen? How Do I Unfreeze My EIPs?
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Billing and Payments
- How Is an EIP Billed?
- How Do I Change My EIP Billing Mode Between Pay-per-Use and Yearly/Monthly?
- How Do I Change the Billing Option of a Pay-per-Use EIP Between By Bandwidth and By Traffic?
- Why Am I Still Being Billed After My EIP Has Been Unbound or Released?
- When Will I Be Billed for Reservation Price?
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EIP Binding and Unbinding
- How Do I Access an ECS with an EIP Bound from the Internet?
- How Can I Unbind an Existing EIP from an Instance and Bind Another EIP to the Instance?
- Can I Bind an EIP of an ECS to Another ECS?
- Can I Bind an EIP to a Cloud Resource in Another Region?
- Can Multiple EIPs Be Bound to an ECS?
- What Are the Differences Between Unbinding and Releasing an EIP?
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Bandwidth
- How Do I Increase a Bandwidth to Be More Than 300 Mbit/s?
- What Bandwidth Types Are Available?
- How Many EIPs Can I Add to Each Shared Bandwidth?
- What Are the Differences Between a Dedicated Bandwidth and a Shared Bandwidth?
- What Are Inbound Bandwidth and Outbound Bandwidth?
- How Do I Know If My EIP Bandwidth Has Been Exceeded?
- What Are the Differences Between Public Bandwidth and Private Bandwidth?
- Can I Increase a Yearly/Monthly Bandwidth and Decrease It Later?
- What Is the Relationship Between Bandwidth and Upload/Download Rate?
- What Are the Differences Among Static BGP, Dynamic BGP, and Premium BGP?
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Connectivity
- What Are the Priorities of the Custom Route and EIP If Both Are Configured for an ECS to Enable the ECS to Access the Internet?
- Why Can't My ECS Access the Internet Even After an EIP Is Bound?
- What Should I Do If an EIP Cannot Be Pinged?
- How Do I Unblock an EIP?
- Why Is There Network Jitter or Packet Loss During Cross-Border Communications?
- Why Does the Download Speed of My ECS Is Slow?
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Product Consultation
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User Guide (ME-Abu Dhabi Region)
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Elastic IP
- EIP Overview
- Assigning an EIP and Binding It to an ECS
- Assigning an EIP
- Binding an EIP to an Instance
- Unbinding an EIP from an Instance
- Releasing an EIP
- Changing Dedicated Bandwidth Size of an EIP
- Unbinding an EIP from an ECS and Releasing the EIP
- Modifying an EIP Bandwidth
- Exporting EIP Information
- Managing EIP Tags
- Shared Bandwidth
- Monitoring
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FAQs
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Product Consultation
- What Is a Quota?
- How Do I Assign or Retrieve a Specific EIP?
- Why Is an EIP Newly Assigned the Same as the One I Released?
- What Are the Differences Between EIP, Private IP Address, and Virtual IP Address?
- Can an EIP That Uses Dedicated Bandwidth Be Changed to Use Shared Bandwidth?
- Can I Bind an EIP to Multiple ECSs?
- What Are the Differences Between the Primary and Extension NICs of ECSs?
- What Is the EIP Assignment Policy?
- Can I Assign a Specific EIP?
- Can a Bandwidth Be Used by Multiple Accounts?
- How Do I Unbind an EIP from an Instance and Bind a New EIP to the Instance?
- Why Can't I Find My Assigned EIP on the Management Console?
- EIP Binding and Unbinding
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Bandwidth
- What Is the Bandwidth Size Range?
- How Do I Increase a Bandwidth to Be More Than 300 Mbit/s?
- What Bandwidth Types Are Available?
- Is There a Limit to the Number of EIPs That Can Be Added to Each Shared Bandwidth?
- What Are the Differences Between a Dedicated Bandwidth and a Shared Bandwidth?
- What Are Inbound Bandwidth and Outbound Bandwidth?
- How Do I Know If My EIP Bandwidth Limit Has Been Exceeded?
- What Are the Differences Between Public Bandwidth and Private Bandwidth?
- What Is the Relationship Between Bandwidth and Upload/Download Rate?
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Product Consultation
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User Guide (Kuala Lumpur Region)
- Service Overview
- Quick Start
- EIP
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- Monitoring
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FAQs
- Product Consultation
- EIP Binding and Unbinding
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Bandwidth
- What Is the Bandwidth Size Range?
- What Bandwidth Types Are Available?
- Is There a Limit to the Number of EIPs That Can Be Added to Each Shared Bandwidth?
- What Are the Differences Between a Dedicated Bandwidth and a Shared Bandwidth? Can a Dedicated Bandwidth Be Changed to a Shared Bandwidth or the Other Way Around?
- Connectivity
- Change History
- API Reference (Kuala Lumpur Region)
- User Guide (Ankara Region)
- API Reference (Ankara Region)
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User Guide (ME-Abu Dhabi Region)
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What Is Elastic IP?
The Elastic IP (EIP) service enables your cloud resources to communicate with the Internet using static public IP addresses and scalable bandwidths. If a resource has an EIP bound, it can directly access the Internet. If a resource only has a private IP address, it cannot directly access the Internet.
EIPs can be bound to or unbound from ECSs, BMSs, virtual IP addresses, NAT gateways, or load balancers.
Each EIP can be bound to only one cloud resource and they must be in the same region.
- Each EIP can be bound to only one ECS. If an EIP has been bound to an ECS, it cannot be bound to other cloud resources. You need to unbind the EIP from the ECS before binding it to another cloud resource in the same region.
- The EIP and the ECS must be in the same region.

EIP Types
EIPs can use dynamic BGP, premium BGP, or static BGP. The following table compares their differences..
Item |
Static BGP |
Dynamic BGP |
Premium BGP |
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Definition |
Static routes are manually configured and must be manually reconfigured anytime when the network topology or link status changes. |
Dynamic BGP provides automatic failover and chooses the optimal path based on the real-time network conditions as well as preset policies. |
Premium BGP chooses the optimal path and ensures low-latency and high-quality networks. BGP is used to interconnect with lines of multiple mainstream carriers. Public network connections that feature low latency and high quality are directly established between Chinese mainland and Hong Kong (China). |
Assurance |
When changes occur on a network that uses static BGP, the manual configuration takes some time and high availability cannot be guaranteed. If you select static BGP, your application system must have disaster recovery setups in place. |
When a fault occurs on a carrier's link, dynamic BGP will quickly select another optimal path to take over services, ensuring service availability. Currently, carriers in China that support dynamic BGP routing include China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, China Education and Research Network (CERNET), National Radio and Television Administration, and Dr. Peng Group. |
Premium BGP has the same assurance capability as that of dynamic BGP. In addition, premium BGP ensures higher network quality and lower latency. Currently, mainstream carriers in Hong Kong (China) are supported. |
Advantages |
This is a more cost-effective option that allows resources to access the Internet over a single carrier network. The routes can be manually configured. |
The BGP public network egress supports switchover across domains within seconds, providing your users with high-speed and secure networks. |
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Service availability |
99% |
99.95% |
99.95% |
Billing |
Their price from least to most expensive: static BGP, dynamic BGP, and premium BGP. For details, see EIP Pricing Details. |
Accessing EIP
- Management console
Log in to the management console, select Elastic IP from the console homepage, and then perform operations on EIP resources.
- APIs
If you need to integrate the EIP service provided by the cloud system into a third-party system for secondary development, you can use an API to access the EIP service. For details, see the Elastic IP API Reference.
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