Macvlan Network Driver
The macvlan driver gives each container its own MAC address on a physical parent interface, so containers appear as first-class hosts on the physical LAN with addresses from the real subnet — no bridge, no NAT. Caveats: the parent NIC often needs promiscuous mode, and by kernel design the host cannot reach its own macvlan containers directly.
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The macvlan driver gives each container its own MAC address on a physical parent interface, so containers appear as first-class hosts on the physical LAN with addresses from the real subnet — no bridge, no NAT. Caveats: the parent NIC often needs promiscuous mode, and by kernel design the host cannot reach its own macvlan containers directly.
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