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Which networking drivers allow you to enable multi-host network connectivity between containers?

The correct answer is A. macvlan, ipvlan, and overlay. The macvlan, ipvlan, and overlay networking drivers enable multi-host network connectivity for containers in Docker.

Submitted by jakub_pl· Apr 18, 2026Networking

Question

Which networking drivers allow you to enable multi-host network connectivity between containers?

Options

  • Amacvlan, ipvlan, and overlay
  • Bbridge, user-defined, host
  • Cbridge, macvlan, ipvlan, overlay
  • Dhost, macvlan, overlay, user-defined

How the community answered

(28 responses)
  • A
    93% (26)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    4% (1)

Why each option

The `macvlan`, `ipvlan`, and `overlay` networking drivers enable multi-host network connectivity for containers in Docker.

Amacvlan, ipvlan, and overlayCorrect

The `macvlan` and `ipvlan` drivers allow containers to connect directly to the host's physical network, enabling them to communicate across hosts as if they were physical devices on the same segment. The `overlay` driver creates a distributed network across multiple Docker daemon hosts, allowing containers on different hosts to communicate seamlessly using VXLAN encapsulation.

Bbridge, user-defined, host

The `bridge` and `user-defined` bridge networks are primarily single-host networks by default, and `host` networking directly uses the host's network stack without providing multi-host container-to-container connectivity.

Cbridge, macvlan, ipvlan, overlay

The `bridge` network driver is generally for single-host connectivity, making this option incorrect for multi-host capabilities.

Dhost, macvlan, overlay, user-defined

The `host` network driver does not provide multi-host container-to-container connectivity, and `user-defined` bridge networks are primarily single-host.

Concept tested: Docker multi-host networking drivers

Source: https://docs.docker.com/network/drivers/

Topics

#Docker Networking#Multi-host Networking#Network Drivers#Overlay Network

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