Realms: Limit Access by IP Address

Note: This topic is for Realm administrators only. QuickBase realms can be set up only on accounts that have purchased a QuickBase Enterprise plan.  If you have a QuickBase Team account, or if you do not have a realm, you don't have access to the feature discussed here.

These days, staff members often work from home or from the corner coffee shop. QuickBase is great for this kind of remote access, but if you have an application that contains highly sensitive information, you probably want to limit where and how staff members access that data. IP filtering controls let you do just that. Grant access only to a select few computers that are in your company's IP address range. Turn on this option for an application, and only computers in your internal network have access.

Implement IP filtering in two steps: First the Realm Administrator turns on IP filtering for the realm and sets the range of IP addresses. Then managers of individual applications can turn it on to limit application access to computers on the internal network. Read on to learn how to do both.

Note: Realm administrators can always sign in to applications in the realm regardless of IP filtering settings. That is, a realm administrator can sign in to any application within his or her realm from any computer, even one that is blocked by IP filtering.

Turn off IP filtering for your realm

To turn on IP filtering for your realm:

1. On your My QuickBase page, click Manage the realm, and then click the Policies tab.
   
   Note: Realm Policies (set using the Policies tab) are not applicable when an external authentication system has been implemented via LDAP or SAML.

2. Within the Sign-in Policies section of the page, enter a range of IP addresses in the Allowed IP addresses box.

   

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3. Click Save.

Filter access to an application by IP Address

To filter access to an application by IP Address:

1. In the menu bar on any application page, select Customize > Application.

2. On the left side of the Settings tab, click Advanced Settings.

3. Turn on the Only users logging in from approved IP addresses may access this application checkbox.

    

   

4. Click Save.

    

Related Topics

• What is a Realm

• Setting Realm password policy

• Tracking Realm usage

• Denying access to your Realm

• Track Realm usage

• Setting general user access levels in your realm

• Authenticating with LDAP