From 0c5ac64399383bccd18c4eb21546cc1e28e7e22c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pratdesai91 <55426565+pratdesai91@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 16:23:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add note on avoiding conflicting subnets for EDA VM

Added a note to avoid using specific subnets that conflict with Docker.
---
 .../deploying-eda/setting-up-the-eda-virtual-machine-nodes.md   | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/software-install/deploying-eda/setting-up-the-eda-virtual-machine-nodes.md b/docs/software-install/deploying-eda/setting-up-the-eda-virtual-machine-nodes.md
index 0e464b6..d3b56b8 100644
--- a/docs/software-install/deploying-eda/setting-up-the-eda-virtual-machine-nodes.md
+++ b/docs/software-install/deploying-eda/setting-up-the-eda-virtual-machine-nodes.md
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ Kubernetes pods and services network settings.
         - 10.96.0.0/12
         - fd31:e17c:f07f:2dc0:4e2b:2ebc:cbc0:0/108
         ```
+  **Note:- Avoid using 172.16-19.X.X subnets as they conflict with hypervisor Docker subnets causing cluster bootstrappign issues.**
+
 
 * `node-cidr-mask-size-ipv4`: Defines the subnet mask size for IPv4 network as defined by the `podSubnets` that each node will use.  
     Default: `24`