--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2014/11/21 17:59:06	1.1200
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2014/12/01 22:52:48	1.1201
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1200 2014/11/21 17:59:06 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1201 2014/12/01 22:52:48 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -4739,13 +4739,13 @@ END_BLOCK
 ###############################################
 
 sub check_ip_acc {
-    my ($acc)=@_;
+    my ($acc,$clientip)=@_;
     &Apache::lonxml::debug("acc is $acc");
     if (!defined($acc) || $acc =~ /^\s*$/ || $acc =~/^\s*no\s*$/i) {
         return 1;
     }
     my $allowed=0;
-    my $ip=$env{'request.host'} || $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'};
+    my $ip=$env{'request.host'} || $ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'} || $clientip;
 
     my $name;
     foreach my $pattern (split(',',$acc)) {