Comment 8 for bug 865515

Serge Hallyn writes ("[Bug 865515] Re: virtual machines should not have nat on servers"):
> Agreed the default isn't ideal for servers, but I'm not convinced there
> is a good wya to set up a works-everywhere ideal solution for servers.
> I would assume that any site which cares enough about the network
> performance to object to a NATed bridge would have serveral NICs, some
> perhaps bonded - and leaving configuration to the admin is best.

The problem with NAT is not performance, it is the unwanted address
translation. In a server setup, you want a simple bridge. The
individual VMs will be allocated their own real addresses (either by
the local dhcp server, or statically) just as you would with a
physical server.

Ian.