diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
index e77e1d1562c..4df12e2d654 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
@@ -3062,7 +3062,7 @@ public class ConfigurationManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements Configurati
             }
 
             // Make sure the netmask is valid
-            if (!NetUtils.isValidIp(vlanNetmask)) {
+            if (!NetUtils.isValidNetmask(vlanNetmask)) {
                 throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Please specify a valid netmask");
             }
         }
@@ -3079,6 +3079,11 @@ public class ConfigurationManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements Configurati
         if (ipv4) {
             String newCidr = NetUtils.getCidrFromGatewayAndNetmask(vlanGateway, vlanNetmask);
 
+            //Make sure start and end ips are with in the range of cidr calculated for this gateway and netmask {
+            if(!NetUtils.isIpWithtInCidrRange(vlanGateway, newCidr) || !NetUtils.isIpWithtInCidrRange(startIP, newCidr) || !NetUtils.isIpWithtInCidrRange(endIP, newCidr)) {
+                throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Please specify a valid IP range or valid netmask or valid gateway");
+            }
+
             // Check if the new VLAN's subnet conflicts with the guest network
             // in
             // the specified zone (guestCidr is null for basic zone)
diff --git a/utils/pom.xml b/utils/pom.xml
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index efe931f43bb..ab3419a5407
--- a/utils/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/pom.xml
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@
       <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
       <version>2.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>commons-net</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-net</artifactId>
+        <version>3.3</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
diff --git a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/net/NetUtils.java b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/net/NetUtils.java
index ba24c95b7fb..14a6c706a8f 100755
--- a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/net/NetUtils.java
+++ b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/net/NetUtils.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import com.googlecode.ipv6.IPv6Network;
 
 import com.cloud.utils.IteratorUtil;
 import com.cloud.utils.Pair;
+import org.apache.commons.net.util.SubnetUtils;
 import com.cloud.utils.script.Script;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.SystemUtils;
 
@@ -1412,4 +1413,15 @@ public class NetUtils {
         mac = mac & 0x06FFFFFFFFFFl;
         return long2Mac(mac);
     }
+
+    public static boolean isIpWithtInCidrRange(String ipAddress, String cidr) {
+        if (!isValidIp(ipAddress)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!isValidCIDR(cidr)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        SubnetUtils subnetUtils = new SubnetUtils(cidr);
+        return subnetUtils.getInfo().isInRange(ipAddress);
+    }
 }