Knowledge base
Plain-English explanations of how our services actually work. The kind of details most providers leave unsaid.
Network & bandwidth
The awkward question every VPS provider dodges: throttling, plainly explained
Every VPS provider on the planet throttles sustained traffic on €2-class tariffs — almost none of them admit it on the landing page. Plain-English: why €2.98 cannot include permanent 1 Gbps, exactly when our shaper kicks in, and how to tell whether throttling is what you're seeing or something else entirely.
How shared 1 Gbps ports work in VPS hosting
Why every VPS provider on the planet sells you 1 Gbps but never one gigabit per second 24/7 — and what to actually expect from your network.
Open ports, firewalls and "why my port shows closed from outside"
We don't manage your VPS ports — every port is open by default except the SMTP family. If an external port checker shows your port as closed, it's almost always one of three things inside your VM: nothing actually listening, the wrong firewall is on, or the service is bound to localhost only. Here's how to diagnose each case.
IP geolocation, honestly explained — why your VPS may show up in the wrong country
An IP address has no built-in country, city, or coordinates. Geolocation is a third-party guess maintained in private databases that update at very different speeds. Here's how it actually works, what we as a provider do every time we add a new IP block, and why a brand-new server sometimes shows up in the wrong country for the first two weeks.
Internet speed on a VPS, honestly explained — what your speedtest is actually measuring
1 Gbps on your VPS port doesn't translate into 1 Gbps to your laptop in Almaty. Here's what your speedtest is actually measuring, why VPNs typically lose speed, and how much a guaranteed gigabit between two points actually costs.
VPS & operating systems
Set up your own WireGuard VPN on a VPS — one script, five minutes
WireGuard is the modern, fast, in-kernel VPN protocol that's replaced OpenVPN almost everywhere. Set up your own private VPN on any NetGrid Host VPS with a single command — the installer creates the server, your first user, and prints a QR code straight in the terminal that you scan with the WireGuard app on your phone.
Launch a website on a VPS in 30 minutes — domain, Cloudflare, free SSL & DDoS
The cheapest fast path from zero to a live HTTPS website in 2026: a domain at GoDaddy (or any registrar), DNS + free SSL + free DDoS protection through Cloudflare, the actual server on a NetGrid Host VPS. Step-by-step with the ready commands for HTML, PHP, Python and Node.js.
Essential Linux server diagnostics — the commands you'll run every day
A practical, copy-pasteable checklist of the commands every Linux VPS admin uses for daily diagnostics: system info, CPU/RAM, disk, network, ping, mtr, speedtest, listening ports, firewall, logs, DNS. Install commands are tabbed by distribution (Ubuntu/Debian, RHEL/Rocky/AlmaLinux/CentOS).