whitelist 'notabot' not working in limit_conn

[Alex Flex]

Iam trying to whitelist some IPs in the geo #connlimit1 so that the 
limit_conn doesnt apply to it. For some reason its not working... those 
ips are always being limited. I must be doing something obviously wrong 
guidance appreciated.


Alex


server {

geo $connlimit1 {
         default 1;
         #whitelist client
         21.199.62.74/32 0;
         5.97.162.77/32 0;
}
limit_conn_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=connlimit1:10m;
}

http {
location / { limit_conn connlimit1 8; ....; }
         }