# 172.17.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 and ip address 172.17.2.105

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**Category:** Product support\
**Created:** [March 4, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/172-17-0-0-netmask-255-255-0-0-and-ip-address-172-17-2-105/265880 "2021-03-04T11:00:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Razikus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Razikus](https://forums.balena.io/u/Razikus)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/172-17-0-0-netmask-255-255-0-0-and-ip-address-172-17-2-105/265880/1 "2021-03-04T11:00:38Z")

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Hello

We had encounter a strange problem with networking.  
Because of our client has ip address range 172.17.2.0/24 device has ip 172.17.2.105 obtained via dhcp

The problem is that he cant access http of the service

Unfortunately balena engine has default bridge 172.17.0.0/16, and probably this is a problem here  
Is there any option to change default bridge netmask?

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**Author:** ![zvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@zvin](https://forums.balena.io/u/zvin)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/172-17-0-0-netmask-255-255-0-0-and-ip-address-172-17-2-105/265880/4 "2021-03-05T16:15:41Z")

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Hello @razikus  
Can you try adding a `networks` section configuring `ipam` in your docker-compose file like this [balena-intel-nuc-override-defaultnet/docker-compose.yml at master · dt-rush/balena-intel-nuc-override-defaultnet · GitHub](https://github.com/dt-rush/balena-intel-nuc-override-defaultnet/blob/master/docker-compose.yml) ?  
See [Compose file version 2 reference | Docker Documentation](https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/compose-file-v2/#ipam)

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**Author:** ![Razikus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Razikus](https://forums.balena.io/u/Razikus)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/172-17-0-0-netmask-255-255-0-0-and-ip-address-172-17-2-105/265880/6 "2021-03-17T14:34:50Z")

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It works. Thank you very much!
