# Networking resources in Amazon Lightsail
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Lightsail networking resources improve how users and outside services connect to your Lightsail instances. 

## Load balancers
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You can create *load balancers* to add redundancy or to handle more traffic. For more information, see [Load balancers](understanding-lightsail-load-balancers.md).

## Static IPs
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You can create *static IP addresses* to keep the same IP address every time you reboot your instance. For more information, see [Static IP addresses](understanding-static-ip-addresses-in-amazon-lightsail.md).