[Starlink] Packet losses in a router

Gert Doering gert at space.net
Sat Nov 5 08:05:27 EDT 2022


Hi,

On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 01:54:26PM +0100, David Fernández via Starlink wrote:
> FYI: The issue with packet losses was solved after the router was
> properly synchronized using NTP, reaching up to 100 pps during 60 s
> without losses and latency < 20 ms.

This makes even less sense than before...  NTP is purely control-plane
and should never affect forwarding.  What sort of device is this?

Also, 100pps on a GigE link is close to "empty link" - a full GE link
with 1500 byte packets comes up to ~80000 pps...

Gert Doering
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have you enabled IPv6 on something today...?

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