L2TP Starlink: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 08:34, 30 March 2021

Starlink is a satellite-based internet service and is initially provided without IPv6 and uses CGNAT for IPv4.

We have customers using our L2TP service over their Starlink, and the initial reports are that:

Out L2TP service enables the Starlink customer to have public IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

Here is a graph from an L2TP service:

L2TP over Starlink - showing slight packet loss and some latency spikes

Note: This feedback based a very small number of connections (2 as of April 2021!), so the service may vary.

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 We have customers using our L2TP service over their Starlink, and the initial reports are that:
 * Speed is good (especially compared to their slow DSL service)
-*Latency is OK - about 40-50ms, but there are some latency spikes
+* Latency is OK - about 40-50ms, but there are some latency spikes
-*Slight packetloss
+* Slight packetloss
-*Overall - worth it!
+* Overall - worth it!
+Out L2TP service enables the Starlink customer to have public IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
 Here is a graph from an L2TP service:
 [[File:Starlink0l2tp.png|frame|none|L2TP over Starlink - showing slight packet loss and some latency spikes]]
+Note: This feedback based a very small number of connections (2 as of April 2021!), so the service may vary.