IP Blacklist

It can happen sometimes that you may want to restrict or allow access to your website for certain individuals, local groups or even for particular countries by IP range.

IP Blacklist will help you to do that easily. The form is presented by the following fields:

From and To - define the IP range list IP Role - defined with the allow or deny options for the list Date of Finish - the due date of the action Description - your notes about this action

There are global settings for this tool in Administration Panel -> Settings -> ​Advanced Settings -> Other

IP Blacklist System Mode with values

1 - total block. If it is set, the IP range will be totally blocked from the site. 2 - login block. If it is set, the IP range will be blocked from login and will allow only surfing on your site as guest. The setting begins to work when the below option is enabled.

IP List Type with values

0 - disabled. Globally disables this feature. 1 - all allowed except listed. Will allow to visit your site for all except those IP ranges that you have listed in Administration Panel -> Tools -> IP Blacklist under the deny role. 2 - all blocked except listed. Will restrict access to your site for all visitors except those IP ranges that you have listed in Administration Panel -> Tools -> IP Blacklist under the allow role.

You can also view Stored Logged Members IPs here.

For more information about dealing with spammers when IP blacklist isn't enough, view Antispam Tools.