diff --git a/gns3server/agent/web_wireshark/manager.py b/gns3server/agent/web_wireshark/manager.py
index 696226675..8fedb8f22 100644
--- a/gns3server/agent/web_wireshark/manager.py
+++ b/gns3server/agent/web_wireshark/manager.py
@@ -526,6 +526,50 @@ class WebWiresharkManager:
 
         return None
 
+    async def get_container_ip(self, container_name: str, container_id: str = None) -> Optional[str]:
+        """Get the container IP address in the wireshark network.
+
+        Args:
+            container_name: Container name (e.g., "gns3-wireshark-project_id")
+            container_id: Container ID (optional, only used for fallback method)
+
+        Returns:
+            Container IP address (e.g., 172.31.0.2) or None if not found
+        """
+        # Method 1: Get from Docker Container API (fastest)
+        try:
+            container = await self.docker.get_container(container_name)
+            if container:
+                networks = container.get("NetworkSettings", {}).get("Networks", {})
+                # Find gns3-wireshark network
+                for network_name, network_config in networks.items():
+                    if "wireshark" in network_name.lower():
+                        container_ip = network_config.get("IPAddress")
+                        if container_ip:
+                            logger.info(f"Got container IP from Docker API: {container_ip}")
+                            return container_ip
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.debug(f"Cannot get container IP from Docker API: {e}")
+
+        # Fallback: Execute command inside container to get IP (slower)
+        if container_id:
+            try:
+                # Use 'hostname -I' to get all IP addresses and take the first one
+                # This works on most Linux systems and is more portable than 'ip' command
+                returncode, stdout, stderr = await self._exec_in_container(
+                    container_id,
+                    "hostname -I 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $1}'"
+                )
+                if returncode == 0 and stdout.strip():
+                    container_ip = stdout.strip()
+                    logger.info(f"Got container IP from container command: {container_ip}")
+                    return container_ip
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.debug(f"Cannot get container IP from container command: {e}")
+
+        logger.warning(f"Failed to get container IP for {container_name}")
+        return None
+
     async def _fix_localhost_url(self, url: str, container_id: str) -> str:
         """Fix URL with localhost/127.0.0.1 for container access.
 
diff --git a/gns3server/api/routes/controller/links.py b/gns3server/api/routes/controller/links.py
index 5f812fa00..2a6eec200 100644
--- a/gns3server/api/routes/controller/links.py
+++ b/gns3server/api/routes/controller/links.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from gns3server.utils.http_client import HTTPClient
 from gns3server.utils.port_allocator import link_id_to_port
 from gns3server.utils.websocket_to_websocket import websocket_proxy
 from gns3server import schemas
+from gns3server.agent.web_wireshark.manager import WebWiresharkManager
 
 from .dependencies.database import get_repository
 from .dependencies.rbac import has_privilege, has_privilege_on_websocket
@@ -385,22 +386,8 @@ async def web_wireshark_websocket(
         xpra_port = link_id_to_port(link_id)
 
         # Get container IP
-        from gns3server.compute.docker import Docker
-
-        docker_manager = Docker.instance()
-        container_info = await docker_manager.query(
-            "GET",
-            f"containers/{container_name}/json"
-        )
-
-        networks = container_info["NetworkSettings"]["Networks"]
-        container_ip = None
-
-        # Find gns3-wireshark network
-        for network_name, network_config in networks.items():
-            if "wireshark" in network_name.lower():
-                container_ip = network_config["IPAddress"]
-                break
+        manager = WebWiresharkManager()
+        container_ip = await manager.get_container_ip(container_name)
 
         if not container_ip:
             log.error(f"Container {container_name} not found in wireshark network")