Container network routing

The following table summarizes the behavior of container traffic when connected in different networking modes.

Single node

The following table explains how a container network is routed across container hosts in a single networking mode:

	Container-container traffic	Container-external traffic
NAT	Connection is established using Hyper-V virtual switch.	Routed via WinNAT using MAC Address translation.
Transparent	Connection is established using Hyper-V virtual switch.	Containers have direct access to the physical network of the host.
L2 bridge	Connection is established using Hyper-V virtual switch.	Containers have direct access to a physical network with MAC address translation.

Multinode

The following table explains how a container network is routed across container hosts in different networking modes:

	Container-container traffic	Container-external traffic
NAT	Traffic is routed using the container host's IP and endpoint using WinNAT.	Traffic is routed using the container host's IP and...