From d9ec04e18d5e1fede1afcec27a0d2c69d514a123 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tangicolin Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 10:50:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Improve networking documentation with default mac address range since we can control it with --mac-address. Signed-off-by: Tangi COLIN --- docs/sources/articles/networking.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/sources/articles/networking.md b/docs/sources/articles/networking.md index 4bfbcfdade..9503f9be31 100644 --- a/docs/sources/articles/networking.md +++ b/docs/sources/articles/networking.md @@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ private range defined by [RFC 1918](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1918) that are not in use on the host machine, and assigns it to `docker0`. Docker made the choice `172.17.42.1/16` when I started it a few minutes ago, for example — a 16-bit netmask providing 65,534 addresses for the -host machine and its containers. +host machine and its containers. Mac address is generated from ip to +avoid arp collisions and uses a range from 02:42:ac:11:00:00 to +02:42:ac:11:ff:ff. > **Note:** > This document discusses advanced networking configuration