While it runs on Linux, it appears that making it working on DD-WRT is something of a nightmare. They provide Linux (and other OS) software that will bond any sort of connection with any other at the other end of a VPN for $3/month. You can probably roll your own with a cloud server, but the simple answer is just to get a Speedify account. TCP is resilient and well-suited to this task. The software is clever and when one side goes down, the dropped packets will appear down the other pipe. The only realistic way to do this in today’s world is with a VPN where local software sends any given TCP packet down one pipe or the other to a VPN server where they get mangled and forwarded on to their intended recipient as a coherent stream. In any case, I was convinced I needed the ability to bond my Starlink and DSL connection to have a continuous internet connection plus an ability to use both connections for maximum bandwidth was also appealing. It’s only been a few days, but I think my DSL disconnects about as often as Starlink does. It turns out that this is either outdated or wrong: I’m only seeing minutes per day without satellites and only a few minutes of what Starlink calls “beta outage”: ie they’re messing with stuff and they’re not sorry they turned your internet off while they were doing that. I did some research before I got it, and as best as I could tell from what internet sleuths had put together, my little hexagon on the planet would have only 78% of a 24 hour period with have satellite coverage within 25 degrees of the horizon. To start with, Starlink promised that during this beta program there would be downtime. In particular, the less common uses nftables seem to be poorly documented. Additionally, I had a heck of a time figuring out how to do some of this stuff. I’ve learned that I’m old and when this all stops working in a year I’m never going to remember what I did or why, so I needed some rough documentation just for me. Now that I’ve got Starlink up and running in a bonded connection with my DSL while still hosting my own webserver, I thought I’d share some details about how. For official Starlink news and information, please visit If you have any ideas on how to improve the subreddit please message the moderators. r/Starlink FAQ Wiki Page ❓ /r/Starlink_Support ❓ /r/Starlink Discord Server Deployment status: Posts should be about or have a clear link to Starlink. Posts and comments must follow the Content Policy. For official Starlink news and information, please visit Rules: r/Starlink is for news, images/videos, and discussions related to Starlink, the SpaceX satellite internet constellation.
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