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Hi All,

I am running a website its working fine by using the domain name but for the performance issue i am think to run some content in site using IP address. I get the IP of my domain by using cmd prompt ping domain name command. Copy that IP while trying to run in web page its showing as PAGEOK message if any thing...

Thnks in advance... :)

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Mahesh

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Brief explanation and practical checks.

Many servers choose which site to serve based on the HTTP Host header (and, for HTTPS, on SNI and the certificate name). Requesting the raw IP therefore often hits a default vhost, a load‑balancer health page, or a CDN edge — which explains why the domain works but the IP shows a terse response like "PAGEOK". This situation complements the points made by , and and focuses on how to confirm which case applies.

Quick, safe tests (run from a shell):

# see all A records
nslookup example.com
# or, if available:
dig example.com A

# ask the IP while sending the domain as the Host header
curl -I -H "Host: example.com" http://1.2.3.4/

# test HTTPS and SNI (shows certificate served)
openssl s_client -connect 1.2.3.4:443 -servername example.com

A browser test that preserves normal headers: add a hosts entry mapping the domain to the IP (one line: 1.2.3.4 example.com) then clear the OS DNS cache and browse the domain. If the site loads correctly with the hosts entry, the server is sensitive to the Host header (virtual hosts/CDN/origin routing). If HTTPS fails in the browser, the certificate is not valid for the IP or the requested name.

Options and next steps:

  • For HTTPS, IP access is usually impractical because certificates are for names; a dedicated IP + certificate for the host or a certificate that covers the domain is the usual remedy.
  • If the goal is performance, a better approach is a CDN or serving static assets from a purpose-built hostname/A record rather than trying to access the site by bare IP.
  • If testing indicates a load balancer or CDN in front, contact the provider/host to request an origin IP or a dedicated IP if direct-IP access is essential.

Checklist: determine A records, reproduce the request with the correct Host header, test SNI/cert, then decide whether a DNS/subdomain change, a dedicated IP, or a CDN/origin config is the appropriate fix.

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Member Avatar for JorgeM

If your website is hosted on a shared infrastructure, you won't be able to access the website by IP because all of the websites on the shared instance share the same IP.

Member Avatar for rubberman

Instead of "ping", use "nslookup" instead. That will provide 1 or more IP addresses for the domain name, any one of which may, or may not, be available.

Member Avatar for matrixdevuk

As said; and also some servers have requests blocked if they don't contain a valid domain name in the headers etc.

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