diff --git a/client/contivModel.js b/client/contivModel.js
index 0e3cd3028..2ea3b6d29 100644
--- a/client/contivModel.js
+++ b/client/contivModel.js
@@ -282,6 +282,8 @@ var NetworkSummaryView = React.createClass({
 						 
 						<td>{ network.networkName }</td>
 						 
+						<td>{ network.nwType }</td>
+						 
 						<td>{ network.pktTag }</td>
 						 
 						<td>{ network.subnet }</td>
@@ -301,6 +303,7 @@ var NetworkSummaryView = React.createClass({
 						<th> Encapsulation </th>  
 						<th> Gateway </th>  
 						<th> Network name </th>  
+						<th> Network Type </th>  
 						<th> Vlan/Vxlan Tag </th>  
 						<th> Subnet </th>  
 					</tr>
@@ -328,6 +331,8 @@ var NetworkModalView = React.createClass({
 			
 				<Input type='text' label='Network name' ref='networkName' defaultValue={obj.networkName} placeholder='Network name' />
 			
+				<Input type='text' label='Network Type' ref='nwType' defaultValue={obj.nwType} placeholder='Network Type' />
+			
 				<Input type='text' label='Vlan/Vxlan Tag' ref='pktTag' defaultValue={obj.pktTag} placeholder='Vlan/Vxlan Tag' />
 			
 				<Input type='text' label='Subnet' ref='subnet' defaultValue={obj.subnet} placeholder='Subnet' />
diff --git a/client/contivModelClient.go b/client/contivModelClient.go
index b01afacd3..73cf0a3f9 100644
--- a/client/contivModelClient.go
+++ b/client/contivModelClient.go
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ type Network struct {
 	Encap       string `json:"encap,omitempty"`       // Encapsulation
 	Gateway     string `json:"gateway,omitempty"`     // Gateway
 	NetworkName string `json:"networkName,omitempty"` // Network name
+	NwType      string `json:"nwType,omitempty"`      // Network Type
 	PktTag      int    `json:"pktTag,omitempty"`      // Vlan/Vxlan Tag
 	Subnet      string `json:"subnet,omitempty"`      // Subnet
 	TenantName  string `json:"tenantName,omitempty"`  // Tenant Name
diff --git a/contivModel.go b/contivModel.go
index 6bfc0255f..a0c81b6cf 100644
--- a/contivModel.go
+++ b/contivModel.go
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ type Network struct {
 	Encap       string `json:"encap,omitempty"`       // Encapsulation
 	Gateway     string `json:"gateway,omitempty"`     // Gateway
 	NetworkName string `json:"networkName,omitempty"` // Network name
+	NwType      string `json:"nwType,omitempty"`      // Network Type
 	PktTag      int    `json:"pktTag,omitempty"`      // Vlan/Vxlan Tag
 	Subnet      string `json:"subnet,omitempty"`      // Subnet
 	TenantName  string `json:"tenantName,omitempty"`  // Tenant Name
@@ -1873,6 +1874,11 @@ func ValidateNetwork(obj *Network) error {
 		return errors.New("networkName string too long")
 	}
 
+	nwTypeMatch := regexp.MustCompile("^(infra|data)$")
+	if nwTypeMatch.MatchString(obj.NwType) == false {
+		return errors.New("nwType string invalid format")
+	}
+
 	subnetMatch := regexp.MustCompile("^((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9]?[0-9])(\\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9]?[0-9])){3})(\\-(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9]?[0-9]))?/(3[0-1]|2[0-9]|1[0-9]|[1-9])$")
 	if subnetMatch.MatchString(obj.Subnet) == false {
 		return errors.New("subnet string invalid format")
diff --git a/network.json b/network.json
index c76e3f837..c38afd90a 100644
--- a/network.json
+++ b/network.json
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
 					"title": "Tenant Name",
 					"length": 64
 				},
+				"nwType": {
+					"type": "string",
+					"format": "^(infra|data)$",
+					"title": "Network Type",
+					"showSummary": true
+				},
 				"encap": {
 					"type": "string",
 					"format": "^(vlan|vxlan)$",