Re: Starlink --- "simpler than IPv6"

Behcet Sarikaya <sarikaya2012@gmail.com> Mon, 19 October 2020 15:13 UTC

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Subject: Re: Starlink --- "simpler than IPv6"
To: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca>, 6man WG <ipv6@ietf.org>
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Thanks Michael, I'd like to know as much as possible how IPv6 works in
Starlink.

Behcet

On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 3:47 PM Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca> wrote:

> Anyone read anything more specific about what Starlink is doing that is
> "simpler than IPv6"?
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> I'd sure like to know that it permits end-terminal to end-terminal
> communicatons without a trip through a data center.
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