docker-windows/README.md

Before doing the docker compose up always use the command

1. Create a macvlan network for the containers

Pick a tiny slice of your LAN that you won’t use for normal devices; we’ll use .200–.206.

stop your current containers first

docker compose down

create the macvlan network (parent is your NIC that’s on 192.168.10.0/24)

\ here remember that you have to set the subnet gateway ip-range and the parent with your network configuration

docker network create -d macvlan \
--subnet=192.168.10.0/24
--gateway=192.168.10.1
--ip-range=192.168.10.200/29
-o parent=enp6s0
ad_vlan Why: macvlan lets each container appear as its own L2 host on your 192.168.10.0/24.

2. Allow the host to talk to macvlan endpoints (host-access workaround)

macvlan blocks host↔︎container by design. Create a macvlan sub-interface on the host so Arch can reach them:

create a host-side macvlan interface that shares the same parent

sudo ip link add adhost link enp6s0 type macvlan mode bridge sudo ip addr add 192.168.10.9/24 dev adhost sudo ip link set adhost up

route the small pool via this host-side macvlan interface

sudo ip route add 192.168.10.200/29 dev adhost

Now your Arch host (192.168.10.10) can reach the macvlan IPs through adhost (192.168.10.9).