One of the most productive methods to limit the access to your site is to block the IP addresses of those that shouldn't be able to open it. There are various reasons why you should do that. For instance, you may want a specific individual not to be able to see your site, or you can restrict the access for an entire nation. You could also block IP addresses in case you detect that there are way too many browser requests from them, if a lot of spam comments are left on your websites or if a script login page has been loaded many times. In each of these cases, the traffic is almost certainly fake and has been created by an automatic bot, so you may safely block any questionable IP address, to be on the safe side. This way, you will also steer clear of the possibility of your server getting overloaded by many fake requests.

IP Blocking in Shared Hosting

If you order a shared hosting service from us, you'll be able to see comprehensive traffic stats for all your sites and if you notice that a large amount of the visits to any of them are not legit, you could block the IP addresses that have produced the most traffic by using our IP Blocking tool. The interface is really simple - pick the needed domain or subdomain from a drop-down list, then enter the IP address that you would like to block and save the change. All the addresses which you have blacklisted will show up in the exact same section of the CP, so you're able to always remove any of them and allow it to access your website again. You are able to block whole IP ranges via the tool also - you just need to leave 1 or 2 octets from the address blank. As an example, entering 1.2.3. will block all 254 IPs from 1.2.3.1 to 1.2.3.255.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You shall be able to block IP addresses without difficulty and stop the unwanted traffic to any site hosted within a semi-dedicated server account with our company, since we provide a rather easy-to-use tool to do that, that's included with our Hepsia hosting CP. Even if you haven't tackled such problems in the past, you will not have any difficulties, as our tool provides a very user-friendly interface. As you visit the IP blocking section of the Control Panel, you will find a comprehensive list of all the domains and subdomains that you've added inside the Hosted Domains section. All you should do to block an IP address is select the desired domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and type the IP in the box below. The change will take effect right away, so you will not get any traffic from this address in the future. Taking away an IP from the blocked list is just as quick.