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CloudFlare Altering User IP Reporting?

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So I am using CloudFlare for my DNS/caching, and it's working out great. However, when investigating a potential duplicate member issue my Mods and I discovered that many users were showing up under the same IP which resolves back to CloudFlare.

So is CloudFlare messing with my user IP accuracy, and would this be a way to resolve it?

https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170916-Why-should-I-install-mod-cloudflare-

Any advice/education is appreciated!

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4 minutes ago, Joy Rex said:

So I am using CloudFlare for my DNS/caching, and it's working out great. However, when investigating a potential duplicate member issue my Mods and I discovered that many users were showing up under the same IP which resolves back to CloudFlare.

So is CloudFlare messing with my user IP accuracy, and would this be a way to resolve it?

https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170916-Why-should-I-install-mod-cloudflare-

Any advice/education is appreciated!

You'll need to enable the "Trust IP addresses provided by proxies" if you're using a proxy server (which Cloudflare effectively is). Search for 'proxy' in the AdminCP to locate the setting.

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Okay, I've done so - I'm assuming this will only start reporting correct IPs going forward now that setting has been turned on?

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5 minutes ago, Joy Rex said:

Okay, I've done so - I'm assuming this will only start reporting correct IPs going forward now that setting has been turned on?

Yes, that's right.

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Awsome, thank you!

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