diff --git a/src/Container/Container.php b/src/Container/Container.php
index f8d0470..a31595e 100644
--- a/src/Container/Container.php
+++ b/src/Container/Container.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  * @phpstan-type ContainerInspectSingleNetwork array<int, array{'NetworkSettings': array{'IPAddress': string}}>
  * @phpstan-type ContainerInspectMultipleNetworks array<int, array{'NetworkSettings': array{'Networks': array<string, array{'IPAddress': string}>}}>
  * @phpstan-type ContainerInspect ContainerInspectSingleNetwork|ContainerInspectMultipleNetworks
+ * @phpstan-type DockerNetwork array{CreatedAt: string, Driver: string, ID: string, IPv6: string, Internal: string, Labels: string, Name: string, Scope: string}
  */
 class Container
 {
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ public function run(bool $wait = true): self
         $this->process = new Process($params);
         $this->process->mustRun();
 
-        $this->inspectedData = $this->getContainerInspect($this->id);
+        $this->inspectedData = static::getContainerInspect($this->id);
 
         Registry::add($this);
 
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ public function logs(): string
 
     public function getAddress(): string
     {
-        return $this->getContainerAddress(
+        return static::getContainerAddress(
             containerId: $this->id,
             networkName: $this->network,
             inspectedData: $this->inspectedData
diff --git a/src/Trait/DockerContainerAwareTrait.php b/src/Trait/DockerContainerAwareTrait.php
index f5d2c61..201eadc 100644
--- a/src/Trait/DockerContainerAwareTrait.php
+++ b/src/Trait/DockerContainerAwareTrait.php
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 
 use JsonException;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
+use Testcontainer\Container\Container;
 use UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
- * @phpstan-import-type ContainerInspect from \Testcontainer\Container\Container
+ * @phpstan-import-type ContainerInspect from Container
+ * @phpstan-import-type DockerNetwork from Container
  */
 trait DockerContainerAwareTrait
 {
@@ -21,10 +23,10 @@ trait DockerContainerAwareTrait
      *
      * @throws JsonException
      */
-    protected function getContainerAddress(string $containerId, ?string $networkName = null, ?array $inspectedData = null): string
+    private static function getContainerAddress(string $containerId, ?string $networkName = null, ?array $inspectedData = null): string
     {
         if (! is_array($inspectedData)) {
-            $inspectedData = $this->getContainerInspect($containerId);
+            $inspectedData = static::getContainerInspect($containerId);
         }
 
         if (is_string($networkName)) {
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ protected function getContainerAddress(string $containerId, ?string $networkName
      *
      * @throws JsonException
      */
-    protected function getContainerInspect(string $containerId): array
+    private static function getContainerInspect(string $containerId): array
     {
         $process = new Process(['docker', 'inspect', $containerId]);
         $process->mustRun();
@@ -58,4 +60,49 @@ protected function getContainerInspect(string $containerId): array
         /** @var ContainerInspect */
         return json_decode($process->getOutput(), true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $networkName
+     * @return DockerNetwork|false
+     *
+     * @throws JsonException
+     */
+    private static function dockerNetworkFind(string $networkName): array|false
+    {
+        $process = new Process(['docker', 'network', 'ls', '--format', 'json' /*, '--filter', 'name=' . $networkName*/]);
+        $process->mustRun();
+
+        $json = $process->getOutput();
+
+        if ($json === '') {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        $json = str_replace("\n", ',', $json);
+        $json = '['. rtrim($json, ',') .']';
+
+        /** @var array<int, DockerNetwork> $output */
+        $output = json_decode($json, true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
+
+        /** @var array<int, DockerNetwork> $matchingNetworks */
+        $matchingNetworks = array_filter($output, static fn (array $network) => $network['Name'] === $networkName);
+
+        if (count($matchingNetworks) === 0) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return $matchingNetworks[0];
+    }
+
+    private static function dockerNetworkCreate(string $networkName): void
+    {
+        $process = new Process(['docker', 'network', 'create', $networkName]);
+        $process->mustRun();
+    }
+
+    private static function dockerNetworkRemove(string $networkName): void
+    {
+        $process = new Process(['docker', 'network', 'rm', $networkName, '-f']);
+        $process->mustRun();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Wait/WaitForHttp.php b/src/Wait/WaitForHttp.php
index 889bc61..7a14acf 100644
--- a/src/Wait/WaitForHttp.php
+++ b/src/Wait/WaitForHttp.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public function withStatusCode(int $statusCode): self
 
     public function wait(string $id): void
     {
-        $containerAddress = $this->getContainerAddress(containerId: $id);
+        $containerAddress = static::getContainerAddress(containerId: $id);
 
         $ch = curl_init();
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, sprintf('http://%s:%d%s', $containerAddress, $this->port, $this->path));
diff --git a/src/Wait/WaitForTcpPortOpen.php b/src/Wait/WaitForTcpPortOpen.php
index d55473d..a4c87ac 100644
--- a/src/Wait/WaitForTcpPortOpen.php
+++ b/src/Wait/WaitForTcpPortOpen.php
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ final class WaitForTcpPortOpen implements WaitInterface
 {
     use DockerContainerAwareTrait;
 
-    public function __construct(private readonly int $port)
+    public function __construct(private readonly int $port, private readonly ?string $network = null)
     {
     }
 
-    public static function make(int $port): self
+    public static function make(int $port, ?string $network = null): self
     {
-        return new self($port);
+        return new self($port, $network);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public static function make(int $port): self
      */
     public function wait(string $id): void
     {
-        if (@fsockopen($this->getContainerAddress($id), $this->port) === false) {
+        if (@fsockopen(self::getContainerAddress(containerId: $id, networkName: $this->network), $this->port) === false) {
             throw new ContainerNotReadyException($id, new RuntimeException('Unable to connect to container TCP port'));
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/Integration/WaitStrategyTest.php b/tests/Integration/WaitStrategyTest.php
index 455e07b..828ddd7 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/WaitStrategyTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/WaitStrategyTest.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
 use Testcontainer\Container\Container;
 use Testcontainer\Exception\ContainerNotReadyException;
+use Testcontainer\Trait\DockerContainerAwareTrait;
 use Testcontainer\Wait\WaitForExec;
 use Testcontainer\Wait\WaitForHealthCheck;
 use Testcontainer\Wait\WaitForHttp;
@@ -18,6 +19,29 @@
 
 class WaitStrategyTest extends TestCase
 {
+    use DockerContainerAwareTrait;
+
+    private static string $testNetworkName = 'test-network';
+
+    public static function setUpBeforeClass(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUpBeforeClass();
+
+        if (self::dockerNetworkFind(self::$testNetworkName) !== false) {
+            // the default name is in use; bring entropy to it, not to mess with the other software
+            self::$testNetworkName .= bin2hex(random_bytes(12));
+        }
+
+        self::dockerNetworkCreate(self::$testNetworkName);
+    }
+
+    public static function tearDownAfterClass(): void
+    {
+        parent::tearDownAfterClass();
+
+        self::dockerNetworkRemove(self::$testNetworkName);
+    }
+
     public function testWaitForExec(): void
     {
         $called = false;
@@ -95,26 +119,38 @@ public function testWaitForHTTP(): void
     /**
      * @dataProvider provideWaitForTcpPortOpen
      */
-    public function testWaitForTcpPortOpen(bool $canConnect): void
-    {
+    public function testWaitForTcpPortOpen(
+        bool $wait,
+        bool $expectConnection,
+        bool $useNetwork = false
+    ): void {
         $container = Container::make('nginx:alpine');
+        $networkName = self::$testNetworkName;
 
-        if ($canConnect) {
+        if ($wait) {
             $container->withWait(WaitForTcpPortOpen::make(80));
         }
 
+        if ($useNetwork) {
+            $container->withNetwork($networkName);
+        }
+
         $container->run();
 
-        if ($canConnect) {
-            static::assertIsResource(fsockopen($container->getAddress(), 80), 'Failed to connect to container');
-            return;
-        }
+        try {
+            if ($wait || $expectConnection) {
+                static::assertIsResource(fsockopen($container->getAddress(), 80), 'Failed to connect to container');
+                return;
+            }
 
-        $containerId = $container->getId();
+            $containerId = $container->getId();
 
-        $this->expectExceptionObject(new ContainerNotReadyException($containerId));
+            $this->expectExceptionObject(new ContainerNotReadyException($containerId));
 
-        (new WaitForTcpPortOpen(8080))->wait($containerId);
+            (new WaitForTcpPortOpen(8080))->wait($containerId);
+        } finally {
+            $container->stop();
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -123,8 +159,10 @@ public function testWaitForTcpPortOpen(bool $canConnect): void
     public function provideWaitForTcpPortOpen(): array
     {
         return [
-            'Can connect to container' => [true],
-            'Cannot connect to container' => [false],
+            'Can connect to container; no network in use' => [true, true, false],
+            'Cannot connect to container; no network in use' => [false, true, false],
+            'Can connect to container; with network in use' => [true, true, true],
+            'Cannot connect to container; with network in use' => [false, true, true],
         ];
     }