Blocking a range of IPs

  • Resolved echoleaf

    (@echoleaf)


    12 years ago

    Does advanced blocking not work? I’m trying to block the following and it keeps saying that the first IP has to be less than the second ip:

    108.177.146.000 – 108.177.146.999

    There’s a msg in green to the right of the range that says ‘Valid: 1000 addresses in range’

    Also, is there a way to immediately block an IP that tries to login with a non-existent username?

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/

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  • asmaloney

    (@asmaloney)

    12 years ago

    Those aren’t valid IP addresses. The numbers should be in the range 0-255. Try the following:

    108.177.146.0 – 108.177.146.255

    Unfortunately to block a IP trying to use a non-existing name, you have to copy the IP and paste it either on the Blocked IPs page or the Whois Lookup if you want to block the range of IPs.

    Thread Starter echoleaf

    (@echoleaf)

    12 years ago

    *facepalm*

    Thanks for correcting my error. Clearly my days troubleshooting network issues is FAR from my mind!

    Thread Starter echoleaf

    (@echoleaf)

    12 years ago

    Also thanks for the tip on blocking a range of IPs via the Whois Lookup. Very helpful.

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