Remote Database Access Host. What is this?

I was checking my cpanel and saw that in my Remote Database Access Hosts, an access host bearing 192.168.1.% has been added to the list. Certainly I did not add it. Should I remove it?

 

Thats localhost.
If you dont want the files on the same server as mysql to access the database, you may remove it.
But in most of the scenerios, the database and files reside on the same server and thus it should not be removed.

 

Thanks Maestria. I am not really that familiar with database and mysql. I was about to contact my webhost about it. And thanks for enlightening me.

 

this database host address is needed when ever you have an application needing mysql db
in such applications ( blog, gallery2, forums, etc ) during installation / configuration you need to insert into the configuration script THAT exact database host address. you THEN also would need to create a database and enter the db name into the new configuration script.

hence you NEED that db host entry soone ror later most likely.

 

This access host is added by cPanel by default and if you remove it then you will not be able to use local MySQL server for your domain. You do not require to remove this access host.

Kailash

 

That's not localhost. Removing it, you might face to trouble when connecting to mySQL server. Check with your host how they setup their system, especially in clustering system.