User logging in from 198.x.x.x address? How?

  • Ok so I have Wordfence plugin installed to track logins on unauthorized accounts.

    I got this email alert and I found the IP address weird – because TMK the 198 block is internal network only, so how does this show up?

    A user with IP address 198.50.174.237 has been locked out from the signing in or using the password recovery form for the following reason: Exceeded the maximum number of login failures which is: 5. The last username they tried to sign in with was: 'Admin'
User IP: 198.50.174.237
Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)

  • TMK the 198 block is internal network only, so how does this show up?

    This is incorrect. The 198.18.0.0/15 and 198.51.100.0/24 blocks are reserved, but not all 198.* IPs.

    198.50.174.237 belongs to an OVH server in Toronto, Canada.

    Thread Starter vexiphne

    (@vexiphne)

    Thanks!!

    I tried tracing the IP through IP tracker and it also confirmed that the 198. was a ‘private network’…

    Good to know – I was scared it was worse than someone from Canada LOL.

Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)
  • The topic ‘User logging in from 198.x.x.x address? How?’ is closed to new replies.