Lack of interest [Suggestion] Better IP address management

[Simon Andrews]

It appears that IP addresses are already logged quite well within the database, but on bigger forums, we need some good IP address search features, such as searching within an IP range (say, 192..168.* would bring up 192.168.1.4 and 192.168.4.3), and show which members have posted, commented, registered, or whatever from that IP address, from within the admin panel.

We have a big problem with members registering a duplicate account after being banned, and it's sometimes very easy to catch them based on an IP address, or an IP address that is close.

 

[Tessa]

I miss this type of feature. It would be nice to be able to search for all users registered under/connected to a specific ip.

 

[kforo]

this may be of help with having multiple users detected. I've used it for years on vb.
http://xenforo.com/community/threads/multiple-account-detection.6373/

 

[Tessa]

Oh thanks!
It's not quite the same as being able to search an ip (which would be a nice addition someday) but the features will hopefully prevent (or at least lessen) the need to do so.