diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkModel.java b/api/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkModel.java
index ed76c6650ba..9baa0ec435c 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkModel.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkModel.java
@@ -246,5 +246,7 @@ public interface NetworkModel {
     String getDomainNetworkDomain(long domainId, long zoneId);
     
     PublicIpAddress getSourceNatIpAddressForGuestNetwork(Account owner, Network guestNetwork);
+    
+    boolean isNetworkInlineMode(Network network);
 
 }
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diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkModelImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkModelImpl.java
index 2470989d97d..a99e9c50cbe 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkModelImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkModelImpl.java
@@ -1830,4 +1830,10 @@ public class NetworkModelImpl  implements NetworkModel, Manager{
         
         return null;
     }
+    
+    public boolean isNetworkInlineMode(Network network) {
+        NetworkOfferingVO offering = _networkOfferingDao.findById(network.getNetworkOfferingId());
+        return offering.isInline();
+    }
+
 }
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diff --git a/server/test/com/cloud/network/MockNetworkModelImpl.java b/server/test/com/cloud/network/MockNetworkModelImpl.java
index fae5ad38ffc..1771660f86c 100644
--- a/server/test/com/cloud/network/MockNetworkModelImpl.java
+++ b/server/test/com/cloud/network/MockNetworkModelImpl.java
@@ -797,4 +797,13 @@ public class MockNetworkModelImpl implements NetworkModel, Manager {
         return null;
     }
 
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see com.cloud.network.NetworkModel#isNetworkInlineMode(com.cloud.network.Network)
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean isNetworkInlineMode(Network network) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return false;
+    }
+
 }