The .htaccess file is a configuration file for the Apache web server, that can be used to redirect requests from specific IP addresses to another resources.
In this short note i will show how to redirect requests from one or several IP addresses via .htaccess file to a specific web page or another website.
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Redirect Based on IP
To redirect all requests from a specific IP to a specific web page, add these line to your .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} 192.16.0.100
RewriteRule $ /only-for-you.html [R=301,L]
The snippet above redirects all requests from the IP 192.16.0.100 to the only-for-you.html page located in the same directory as the .htaccess file.
You can also redirect requests from several IP addresses:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} 192.16.0.100
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} 192.16.0.101
RewriteRule $ /only-for-you.html [R=301,L]
Redirect requests from a specific IP to another website:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} 192.16.0.100
RewriteRule $ https://www.fbi.gov [R=301,L]
R=301 in the examples above means the permanent redirect and the flag L means Last and marks the end of the particular rewrite rule.
This is probably elementary and dumb to ask, but if you had multiple IPs to redirect, wouldn’t you add [OR] after each line except for the last IP range?
yes you are correct
Case 1 won’t work, as it would do an infinite redirect loop to /only-for-you.html