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All users registering on the forum are using the IP of my web host, not their real IP. Therefore I can't see what their true IP is which will be an issue if anyone decides to try and spam my forum. What could be causing this? Thanks.

Are you using nginx + php-fpm ? If yes, read https://easyengine.io/tutorials/nginx/fo...s-real-ip/
If you're using another configuration, tell us which.

(2019-08-14, 10:17 PM)Crazycat Wrote: [ -> ]Are you using nginx + php-fpm ? If yes, read https://easyengine.io/tutorials/nginx/fo...s-real-ip/
If you're using another configuration, tell us which.

How can I tell what my web host is using?

(2019-08-14, 10:14 PM)mysteriousadmin Wrote: [ -> ]All users registering on the forum are using the IP of my web host, not their real IP. Therefore I can't see what their true IP is which will be an issue if anyone decides to try and spam my forum. What could be causing this? Thanks.

Try set Scrutinize User's IP address? to 'Yes' in your MyBB's AdminCP, under AdminCP > Configuration > Settings > Server and Optimization Options. If your MyBB still cannot well recognize user IPs, you may want to look into your configurations of web server / cache engine / reverse proxy server and/or cloud CDN.

(2019-08-14, 10:40 PM)mysteriousadmin Wrote: [ -> ]How can I tell what my web host is using?

View AdminCP > Tools & Maintenance > View PHP Info page.

(2019-08-15, 08:12 AM)noyle Wrote: [ -> ]Try set Scrutinize User's IP address? to 'Yes' in your MyBB's AdminCP

That worked. Thank you.

I have the same problem: if I lookup the IP information every IP is from cloudflare or hosting IPs.
I have just set to YES scrutinize option. It changed nothing but maybe I should wait some time?

I noticed this problem seeing Google Analytics summary, that it was tracking only me when my forum stats show 50 visitors!