# Kibana to search IP address prefix?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-to-search-ip-address-prefix/149697>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 24, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-to-search-ip-address-prefix/149697 "2018-09-24T15:01:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![irom77](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/irom77/32/12976_2.png) [@irom77](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/irom77)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-to-search-ip-address-prefix/149697/1 "2018-09-24T15:01:52Z")

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I have hits for SourceIP:"10.191.33.200" but not for SourceIP:"10.191.33.\*" What is the correct syntax assuming field is string type not ip\_addr?

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-to-search-ip-address-prefix/149697/2 "2018-09-25T05:50:45Z")

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Remove the quotes:

`SourceIP: 10.191.33.*`

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 12:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-to-search-ip-address-prefix/149697/4 "2018-10-30T12:50:49Z")

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