Ban an IP address - Is this correct?

In my htaccess I want to ban a certain address, what I'm thinking of adding is below in RED is tis correct?

How could I send the BOT off to another site or other?

How could I add a range of IP's to ban?

Is this a safe mode of banning an ip address and doesn't risk banning other users - PS it's from China so not my market area!:

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
deny from xx.xx.1x9.27
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>


Thank

Ian

 

Well i don't know if the above was/is correct? BUT I tried this:

But it seemed to ban everyone, as i couldn't get access! The 'x' is a number which I have removed for displaying on the forum.

This is what i added to the htaccess file:
#Ip ban
order allow,deny
allow from all
deny from x1.xx2.xx9.x7

What am I doing wrong???

Ian

 

I use this during development to deny all and allow myself:

order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from 81.135.xxx.194

Code (markup):

Based on that, your should work like this I'd imagine:

order deny,allow
deny from 81.135.xxx.xx
allow from all

Code (markup):

Maybe the last two lines in reverse order.

PM me if you want my IP to test.

 

Thanks Top's I'll have a go and get back to you later if I need a test IP.

 

I don't believe you can put wildcards in the IP address. You can put in partial address like:

Deny 10.1

or use netmasks like:

Deny 10.1.1.0/255.255.255.192