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Improve networking documentation with default mac address range

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since we can control it with --mac-address.

Signed-off-by: Tangi COLIN <tangicolin@gmail.com>
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@ -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