Set up an Internet connection from a third-party carrier

Last update: February 24 2025

You can only connect Internet from a third-party carrier to a dedicated or hosted server.

1. Make sure you have connected the Direct Connect service — physical port.
2. Assign the VLAN with the carrier port to the local port of your server.
3. Configure the network interface of the private network.

1. Check the connection of the service⁠

Check to see if the ticket you received a VLAN number when ordering the service and this VLAN appears in the control panels: from the top menu, press Products → Dedicated servers → Network → tab VLAN.

2. Assign a VLAN to the local port of the server⁠

1. В control panels from the top menu, press Products and select Dedicated servers.
2. Open the tab VLAN.
3. On the port line, click .
4. Select the VLAN whose number you received when service order.
5. Click Configure.

3. configure the network interface of the private network⁠

Ubuntu

1. Connect to the server via SSH or through KVM console.

2. Open the utility configuration file netplan word processor vi:

   vi /etc/netplan/01-netcfg.yaml

3. Add or change values for the network interface settings of the private network:

       <eth_name>:
               addresses: [<ip_address>/<mask>]
               gateway4: <gateway>

   Specify:

   • <eth_name> — name of the network interface of the private network;
   • <ip_address>/<mask> — The public IP address of the server with a subnet mask, for example, 203.0.113.0/24. You request the address for the server from the operator yourself;
   • <gateway> — The IP address of the gateway on the operator's subnet, for example, 203.0.113.1. You request the gateway address from the operator yourself.

4. Press the key ESC.

5. Exit the text editor vi with the changes intact:

   :wq

6. Apply the configuration:

   netplan apply

7. Optional: reboot the server.

Debian

1. Connect to the server via SSH or through KVM console.

2. Open the network interfaces configuration file with a text editor vi:

   vi /etc/network/interfaces

3. Add or change values for the network interface settings of the private network:

   auto <eth_name>
   iface <eth_name> inet static
   address <ip_address>
   netmask <mask>
   gateway <gateway>

   Specify:

   • <eth_name> — name of the network interface of the private network;
   • <ip_address> — The public IP address of the server, e.g, 203.0.113.2. You request the address for the server from the operator yourself;
   • <gateway> — The IP address of the gateway on the operator's subnet, for example, 203.0.113.1. You request the gateway address from the operator yourself;
   • <mask> — operator's subnet mask.

4. Press the key ESC.

5. Exit the vi text editor with your changes saved:

   :wq

6. Restart the network:

   service networking restart

7. Optional: reboot the server.

CentOS

1. Connect to the server via SSH or through KVM console.

2. Output information about the network interfaces:

   ip address

3. Create or open the configuration file of the private network interface with a text editor vi:

   vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<eth_name>

   Specify <eth_name> — network interface name.

4. Add or change the values of the network interface settings:

   NAME="<eth_name>"
   ONBOOT=yes
   NETBOOT=yes
   BOOTPROTO=static
   HWADDR="<mac_address>"
   IPADDR="<ip_address>"
   NETMASK="<mask>"
   GATEWAY="<gateway>"
   TYPE=Ethernet

   Specify:

   • <eth_name> — name of the network interface of the private network;
   • <mac_address> — MAC address of the network device;
   • <ip_address> — The public IP address of a server on the operator's subnet, for example, 203.0.113.2. You request the address for the server from the operator yourself;
   • <mask> — operator's subnet mask;
   • <gateway> — The IP address of the gateway on the operator's subnet, for example, 203.0.113.1. You request the gateway address from the operator yourself.

5. Press the key ESC.

6. Exit the text editor vi with the changes intact:

   :wq

7. Restart the network:

   systemctl restart network

8. Optional: reboot the server.

Example of changing network settings in CentOS in the blog article Network configuration in CentOS 7.

Windows

1. Connect to the server via RDP or through KVM console.

2. Open it up Network and Sharing Center.

3. Open the network interface of the private network.

4. Click Properties.

5. From the list, select IPv4.

6. Click Properties.

7. Specify the network interface parameters:

   • IP-address — The public IP address of a server on the operator's subnet, for example, 203.0.113.2. You request the address for the server from the operator yourself;
   • Subnet mask — operator's subnet mask;
   • Default gateway — The IP address of the gateway on the operator's subnet, for example, 203.0.113.1. You request the gateway address from the operator yourself.

8. Click OK.