diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/IPAddressResponse.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/IPAddressResponse.java
index 68e560c4460..38b3b9e8c6e 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/IPAddressResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/IPAddressResponse.java
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ public class IPAddressResponse extends BaseResponse {
     @SerializedName("associatednetworkid") @Param(description="the ID of the Network associated with the IP address")
     private Long associatedNetworkId;
     
+    @SerializedName("networkid") @Param(description="the ID of the Network where ip belongs to")
+    private Long networkId;
+    
     public String getIpAddress() {
         return ipAddress;
     }
@@ -166,4 +169,11 @@ public class IPAddressResponse extends BaseResponse {
         this.associatedNetworkId = networkId;
     }
 
+    public Long getNetworkId() {
+        return networkId;
+    }
+
+    public void setNetworkId(Long networkId) {
+        this.networkId = networkId;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/offering/NetworkOffering.java b/api/src/com/cloud/offering/NetworkOffering.java
index d4c09737b6e..063ae2add8f 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/offering/NetworkOffering.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/offering/NetworkOffering.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import com.cloud.network.Networks.TrafficType;
  */
 public interface NetworkOffering {
     
+    public static final long PUBLIC_NETWORK_OFFERING_ID = 1;
+    
     public enum GuestIpType {
     	Virtual,
     	Direct,
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiDBUtils.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiDBUtils.java
index 7f1b25b7b46..55496ff1168 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiDBUtils.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiDBUtils.java
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ import com.cloud.hypervisor.Hypervisor.HypervisorType;
 import com.cloud.network.IPAddressVO;
 import com.cloud.network.LoadBalancerVO;
 import com.cloud.network.Network;
+import com.cloud.network.Network.Capability;
+import com.cloud.network.Network.Service;
 import com.cloud.network.NetworkManager;
 import com.cloud.network.NetworkRuleConfigVO;
 import com.cloud.network.NetworkVO;
-import com.cloud.network.Network.Capability;
-import com.cloud.network.Network.Service;
 import com.cloud.network.dao.IPAddressDao;
 import com.cloud.network.dao.LoadBalancerDao;
 import com.cloud.network.dao.NetworkDao;
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import com.cloud.network.dao.NetworkRuleConfigDao;
 import com.cloud.network.security.SecurityGroup;
 import com.cloud.network.security.SecurityGroupManager;
 import com.cloud.network.security.dao.SecurityGroupDao;
+import com.cloud.offering.NetworkOffering;
 import com.cloud.offering.ServiceOffering;
 import com.cloud.offerings.NetworkOfferingVO;
 import com.cloud.offerings.dao.NetworkOfferingDao;
@@ -515,4 +516,12 @@ public class ApiDBUtils {
         return _networkMgr.getZoneCapabilities(zoneId);
     }
     
+    public static long getPublicNetworkIdByZone(long zoneId) {
+        List<NetworkVO> networks =   _networkDao.listBy(Account.ACCOUNT_ID_SYSTEM, NetworkOffering.PUBLIC_NETWORK_OFFERING_ID, zoneId);
+        if (networks == null) {
+            throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Unable to find public network in zone " + zoneId);
+        }
+        return networks.get(0).getId();
+    }
+    
 }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
index 80654cf1628..1a6cfbbcc4d 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
@@ -594,13 +594,14 @@ public class ApiResponseHelper implements ResponseGenerator {
     public IPAddressResponse createIPAddressResponse(IpAddress ipAddress) {
         VlanVO vlan = ApiDBUtils.findVlanById(ipAddress.getVlanId());
         boolean forVirtualNetworks = vlan.getVlanType().equals(VlanType.VirtualNetwork);
+        long zoneId = ipAddress.getDataCenterId();
 
         IPAddressResponse ipResponse = new IPAddressResponse();
         ipResponse.setIpAddress(ipAddress.getAddress());
         if (ipAddress.getAllocatedTime() != null) {
             ipResponse.setAllocated(ipAddress.getAllocatedTime());
         }
-        ipResponse.setZoneId(ipAddress.getDataCenterId());
+        ipResponse.setZoneId(zoneId);
         ipResponse.setZoneName(ApiDBUtils.findZoneById(ipAddress.getDataCenterId()).getName());
         ipResponse.setSourceNat(ipAddress.isSourceNat());
 
@@ -615,7 +616,13 @@ public class ApiResponseHelper implements ResponseGenerator {
         ipResponse.setForVirtualNetwork(forVirtualNetworks);
         ipResponse.setStaticNat(ipAddress.isOneToOneNat());
         
+        //Network id the ip is associated with
         ipResponse.setAssociatedNetworkId(ipAddress.getAssociatedNetworkId());
+        
+        //Network id the ip belongs to
+        long networkId = ApiDBUtils.getPublicNetworkIdByZone(zoneId);
+        ipResponse.setNetworkId(networkId);
+        
 
         // show this info to admin only
         Account account = UserContext.current().getAccount();