[lxc-users] Macvlan explained

[Jäkel, Guido]

Dear Michel,

Thank you! That's I was looking for long.

From a quick look, IMHO the short paragraph about the Linux bridge miss the fact, that this "device" -- in addition to attach other NICs to it -- has a "build-in" pseudo-NIC to attach the hosts "IP Stack" here.

Like the additional MACVLAN subinterface, you need to configure the layer 3 IP parameters on this pseudo-interface if you want to communicate with the host.

Greetings

Guido

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: lxc-users [mailto:lxc-users-bounces at lists.linuxcontainers.org] On Behalf Of Michel Jansens
>Sent: Friday, May 04, 2018 9:34 AM
>To: LXC users mailing-list <lxc-users at lists.linuxcontainers.org>
>Subject: [lxc-users] Macvlan explained
>
>Hi,
>
>
>I just stumbled on this site and thought it would be nice to share:
>
>https://hicu.be/bridge-vs-macvlan
>
>It nicely explains how Macvlan work and how it compares with normal bridges.
>In the case of LXD, I suppose the macvlan bridge mode is used?
>It also mentions that although VMs cannot directly communicate with the host, you can add another macvlan sub-interface and
>assign it to the host to enable communication…
>
>Cheers,
>
>Michel