Error while logging in. Failed login quota. Why does it happen?

[Jarek Z]

Today, after over 20 attempts, out of frustration, I made some research and found possible reasons for this neverending login problem.

I think the problem concerns configuration of the forum. It seems to be connected with:
1. a special Strikes table (which is used to keep track of failed logins)
2. bad configuration of forum code in which all the IPs on the host site are showing as the same IP

Of course we, normal users, can do nothing about it. It's a job for the forum admin. But since noone seems to care about the forum, I have no big hopes that it will ever be corrected.

Some useful links from my research:

Link nr 1 (with the description of Strikes table):
https://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=171633

Link nr 2 (suggestion to turn off router, but I don't think that it works):
https://forum.supercell.com/showthre...-to-this-forum

Link nr 3 (description of how all the IPs are showing as the same IP):
https://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=314871

Link nr 4 (solution to be made by forum admin):
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum...-quota.557026/