Blacklist Manager doesn’t allow wildcards.

In Blacklist Manager where it says “Enter IP addresses”, there is a drop down information box that reads;

<blockquote>Enter one or more IP addresses or IP ranges. -More Info
Each IP address must be on a new line.

To specify an IP range use a wildcard "*" character. Acceptable ways to use wildcards is shown in the examples below:

Example 1: 195.47.89.*

Example 2: 195.47.*.*

Example 3: 195.*.*.*

But when you enter wildcard addresses to blacklist such as these;
181.16.*.*
187.21.*.*
200.84.*.*
206.62.*.*
37.188.*.*
105.106.*.*
5.104.19.*.*`

I get an error message at the top in red reading;

5.104.19.*.* is not a valid ip address format.

The Blacklist Manager will not allow engagement and unchecks the box that reads;

Enable IP or User Agent Blacklisting: Check this if you want to enable the banning (or blacklisting) of selected IP addresses and/or user agents specified in the settings below

*This plugin is regularly updated and everything else in it works well. This seems to be a direct function coding issue that doesn’t allow wildcards even though the instructions show that you can. I would have upload a screen capture if the function was available.