proc validIp { ip } {
  set passed "1"
  set newIp  ""
  set ip [split $ip "."]
  if { [llength $ip] == "4" } {
    foreach octet $ip {
      if { $octet > 255 } { return "INVALID" }
      if { [string match {*\[*-*\]*} $octet] } {
        append newIp "0 "
        break
      }
      if { (![string match {[0-9]*} $octet]) && ($octet != "*") } { return "INVALID" }
      append newIp "$octet "
    }
  } else {
    return "INVALID"
  }
  regsub -all " " [string trim $newIp] "." newIp
  return "$newIp"
}