diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f868b241b48..d66fa0a29c0 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ gem 'fast_xs'
 gem 'fast_xor', git: 'https://github.com/CodeMonkeySteve/fast_xor.git'
 gem 'fastimage'
 gem 'fog', require: false
-gem 'has_ip_address'
 gem 'hiredis'
 
 gem 'email_reply_parser', git: 'https://github.com/lawrencepit/email_reply_parser.git'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a3fc2482510..15203c20dcc 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ GEM
       guard (>= 1.1)
       spork (>= 0.8.4)
     handlebars-source (1.0.0.rc4)
-    has_ip_address (0.0.1)
     hashie (2.0.4)
     highline (1.6.18)
     hike (1.2.2)
@@ -489,7 +488,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   guard-rspec
   guard-spork
   handlebars-source (= 1.0.0.rc4)
-  has_ip_address
   highline
   hiredis
   image_optim
diff --git a/app/models/topic_link_click.rb b/app/models/topic_link_click.rb
index 5604505258f..174122b6ccb 100644
--- a/app/models/topic_link_click.rb
+++ b/app/models/topic_link_click.rb
@@ -5,10 +5,8 @@ class TopicLinkClick < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :topic_link, counter_cache: :clicks
   belongs_to :user
 
-  has_ip_address :ip
-
   validates_presence_of :topic_link_id
-  validates_presence_of :ip
+  validates_presence_of :ip_address
 
   # Create a click from a URL and post_id
   def self.create_from(args={})
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ class TopicLinkClick < ActiveRecord::Base
     rate_key = "link-clicks:#{link.id}:#{args[:user_id] || args[:ip]}"
     if $redis.setnx(rate_key, "1")
       $redis.expire(rate_key, 1.day.to_i)
-      create!(topic_link_id: link.id, user_id: args[:user_id], ip: args[:ip])
+      create!(topic_link_id: link.id, user_id: args[:user_id], ip_address: args[:ip])
     end
 
     args[:url]
@@ -43,9 +41,9 @@ end
 #  id            :integer          not null, primary key
 #  topic_link_id :integer          not null
 #  user_id       :integer
-#  ip            :integer          not null
 #  created_at    :datetime         not null
 #  updated_at    :datetime         not null
+#  ip_address    :string           not null
 #
 # Indexes
 #
diff --git a/app/models/view.rb b/app/models/view.rb
index d7e29c2f23f..efe6423e548 100644
--- a/app/models/view.rb
+++ b/app/models/view.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require 'ipaddr'
 class View < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :parent, polymorphic: true
   belongs_to :user
-  validates_presence_of :parent_type, :parent_id, :ip, :viewed_at
+  validates_presence_of :parent_type, :parent_id, :ip_address, :viewed_at
 
   # TODO: This could happen asyncronously
   def self.create_for(parent, ip, user=nil)
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class View < ActiveRecord::Base
       $redis.expire(redis_key, 1.day.to_i)
 
       View.transaction do
-        View.create(parent: parent, ip: IPAddr.new(ip).to_i, viewed_at: Date.today, user: user)
+        View.create(parent: parent, ip_address: ip, viewed_at: Date.today, user: user)
 
         # Update the views count in the parent, if it exists.
         if parent.respond_to?(:views)
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ end
 #
 #  parent_id   :integer          not null
 #  parent_type :string(50)       not null
-#  ip          :integer          not null
 #  viewed_at   :date             not null
 #  user_id     :integer
+#  ip_address  :string           not null
 #
 # Indexes
 #
diff --git a/db/migrate/20130624203206_change_ip_to_inet_in_topic_link_clicks.rb b/db/migrate/20130624203206_change_ip_to_inet_in_topic_link_clicks.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a0c3924bfdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20130624203206_change_ip_to_inet_in_topic_link_clicks.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+require 'ipaddr'
+
+class ChangeIpToInetInTopicLinkClicks < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def up
+    add_column :topic_link_clicks, :ip_address, :inet
+
+    execute "UPDATE topic_link_clicks SET ip_address = inet(
+      (ip >> 24 & 255) || '.' ||
+      (ip >> 16 & 255) || '.' ||
+      (ip >>  8 & 255) || '.' ||
+      (ip >>  0 & 255)
+    );"
+
+    change_column :topic_link_clicks, :ip_address, :inet, { :null => false }
+    remove_column :topic_link_clicks, :ip
+  end
+
+  def down
+    raise ActiveRecord::IrreversibleMigration
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20130625022454_change_ip_to_inet_in_views.rb b/db/migrate/20130625022454_change_ip_to_inet_in_views.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..30a0e8390bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20130625022454_change_ip_to_inet_in_views.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+require 'ipaddr'
+
+class ChangeIpToInetInViews < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def up
+    table = :views
+    add_column table, :ip_address, :inet
+
+    execute "UPDATE views SET ip_address = inet(
+      (ip >> 24 & 255) || '.' ||
+      (ip >> 16 & 255) || '.' ||
+      (ip >>  8 & 255) || '.' ||
+      (ip >>  0 & 255)
+    );"
+
+    change_column table, :ip_address, :inet, { :null => false }
+    remove_column table, :ip
+  end
+
+  def down
+    raise ActiveRecord::IrreversibleMigration
+  end
+end
diff --git a/docs/SOFTWARE.md b/docs/SOFTWARE.md
index ba1a139ac14..54f26c0c6d9 100644
--- a/docs/SOFTWARE.md
+++ b/docs/SOFTWARE.md
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ The following Ruby Gems are used in Discourse:
 * [omniauth-facebook](https://github.com/mkdynamic/omniauth-facebook)
 * [omniauth-twitter](https://github.com/arunagw/omniauth-twitter)
 * [omniauth-github](https://github.com/intridea/omniauth-github)
-* [has_ip_address](https://rubygems.org/gems/has_ip_address)
 * [vestal_versions](https://rubygems.org/gems/vestal_versions)
 * [uglifier](https://rubygems.org/gems/uglifier)
 * [nokogiri](https://rubygems.org/gems/nokogiri)
diff --git a/spec/models/topic_link_click_spec.rb b/spec/models/topic_link_click_spec.rb
index fce47cb5978..1580de1ac57 100644
--- a/spec/models/topic_link_click_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/topic_link_click_spec.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe TopicLinkClick do
 
     context 'create' do
       before do
-        TopicLinkClick.create(topic_link: @topic_link, ip: '192.168.1.1')
+        TopicLinkClick.create(topic_link: @topic_link, ip_address: '192.168.1.1')
       end
 
       it 'creates the forum topic link click' do
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe TopicLinkClick do
       end
 
       it 'serializes and deserializes the IP' do
-        TopicLinkClick.first.ip.to_s.should == '192.168.1.1'
+        TopicLinkClick.first.ip_address.to_s.should == '192.168.1.1'
       end
 
     end
diff --git a/spec/models/topic_link_spec.rb b/spec/models/topic_link_spec.rb
index 820d45b5977..29d7422a29a 100644
--- a/spec/models/topic_link_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/topic_link_spec.rb
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ describe TopicLink do
       it 'has the correct results' do
         TopicLink.extract_from(post)
         topic_link = post.topic.topic_links.first
-        TopicLinkClick.create(topic_link: topic_link, ip: '192.168.1.1')
+        TopicLinkClick.create(topic_link: topic_link, ip_address: '192.168.1.1')
 
         counts_for[post.id].should be_present
         counts_for[post.id].find {|l| l[:url] == 'http://google.com'}[:clicks].should == 0
diff --git a/spec/models/view_spec.rb b/spec/models/view_spec.rb
index 6a2ac8d9f15..b4e0052db01 100644
--- a/spec/models/view_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/view_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe View do
   it { should belong_to :user }
   it { should validate_presence_of :parent_type }
   it { should validate_presence_of :parent_id }
-  it { should validate_presence_of :ip }
+  it { should validate_presence_of :ip_address }
   it { should validate_presence_of :viewed_at }