After 5 years in the country we finally have internet. Building a custom Starlink Satellite Mount.
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- We had a few problems to work through installing Starlink internet system on our Log Home.
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We live in southeastern Illinois on a 41 acre homestead. We just finished building our log cabin in 2018. Now we are focused on trying to grow our own food and raise livestock. Follow us on our journey we continue to develop our homestead and farm, while becoming more self sufficient.
Look into mesh system which is better than the extender. Weather station is great to have. Nice job!
Without internet you have done a fantastic job in putting out videos for us to enjoy I rely on my internet to watch utube
We’ve had ours for a month now and it’s definitely a game changer for rural America.
Something I have on wifi, is a flo by moen system. Allows you to shut down your main water valve in the event of a sudden water pipe burst. It works automatically if set to away mode. I also monitor and time out my water heater from my phone using Aquanta system. Both are around $500 each system but I love them both. Just a thought.
Wow!!! ... I would have never thought it... I have 6 desktop computers, 3 with double monitors (26"") 4 TV's one is a 70 Inch, five cell phones, we have land cables and wifi and it all works at a blink of the eye, very, very fast....When I watch your videos they always come in perfect and sometimes I watch them on the big TV, so based on what you just told us, you have been working very hard and very handicapped to entertain us, and you have been doing a wonderful job, Thanks.
Now that you have Wi-Fi consider ROKU for TV it works great
Whenever painting galvanized metal, wash it with vinegar first. This'll help the paint bond to metal. Thanks for sharing your video.
I've never heard of that!! Thanks for the tip Tom!!
Your on your way to 100,000 Subscribers .......keep up the good work
Ubiquiti unifi ap ac are outdoor wireless routers that mesh. I put one on the house and one in the garage and now I have wifi on the entire property. 1000ft is no issues. They are plug and play, I love them, definitely recommend them to anyone with a large property with bad cell service, I use wifi calling on my phone. This setup allowed me to cancel my home phone.
I have a smart switch plug to my tractor block heater so I can turn it on when needed without having to get outside and plug it manually. My tractor is not store in an heated place and here in Montreal it can be very cold. When there's a snowfall (an we have a lot here) I can heat my tractor from work, get home and snowblow without worriing that the tractor won't start.
Nice upgrade! Still waiting on my Starlink. Can’t wait to drop Comcast.
Better late than never, Evan. You did a beautiful job with that mounting bracket.
I ordered my Starlink Internet last April and I just got an email stating my order was ready to ship. Here an idea for extending your internet signal thoughout the house. Purchase a TP-Link Deco Mess Network kit. It comes with 3 pod shaped extenders. You just plug one in on each floor and connect them to the Starlink router and the Deco Mess network will allow devices to connect wirelessly and each pod also has a ethernet connection if you want to connect something via Ethernet cable.
For security we rely on Smith & Wesson. When we moved from Florida to Missouri and into the country we found out the first time stepping up to the property we had no cell service but that is all changed since using CenturyLink
It was told by my friend that works for Verizon that installs FiOS told me that you be better off putting your Star link router up in the main floor do to the speed and putting you extender in the basement that was up can get a better range in to your shop and in the main floor of your house how many times are you going to use the internet in the basement
Glad you got your Starlink working. For outside light, I use lightbulbs that have a light sensor. They come on at dark and go off at daylight. Don't have to remember to turn them on and off.
hello from north carolina, we use (Ring) door bell and security camera plus from lowes, some far very happy with them, keep the videos coming
No internet?! If I'd known I'd have been praying for you this whole time.
Kudos, great job on your custom installation. What a long time to have been without Wi-Fi . Glad you will be adding security, both for your personal safety, and animals and equipment protection.
Will look forward to seeing your progress.
Even. You are right about the fumes. I was cutting corrugated steel back in 1983 while serving in the Marines. I lost my kidneys because of this. Be careful and God bless you both. Funny thing is, I am dialysing right now.
Great job on the video, well put together!
If you wire the Nighthawk 7300 extender as a access point your speeds will improve vastly.
The ring doorbell is really great to have.
We got ours at Xmas time we love it.So much better we live in rural Eastern Maine.
Good video. Learned a few things for my Starlink that should arrive Monday
You are not alone with problems with Starlink. Lumnah Acres had similar problems.
Sorry Evan, I'm 82 yrs old and did not understand anything you said. Ha!, I am lucky to know how to turn on my computer and answer or make a call on my cell phone! Knowledgeable video to the Young Un's!
I’m really impressed with your problematic internet and the challenges you have overcome during the past five years. I love your streams and have learned considerably from them. A question though, wondering why you didn’t hide the cable within the mount you made? Would have thought it wouldn’t be too hard? 🇦🇺
FANTASTIC JOB GUYS ‼️ ‼️. Vinny 🇺🇸
My daughter signed up for Starlink just like you did back in February of 2021. She hasn’t received if yet but it coming. They’ve contacted her
I'm happy for you guys!! I'm shocked that you did that one Livestream a few years ago with you phones internet. I'm so looking forward to another one ❤️ You are such a smart and knowledgeable man. Is there anything you can't do?
I just tweeted Elon and asked if he sent my unit to Ukraine my mistake winder if one of his minions will answer.
We did one livestream a couple years. We Used the camera on my phone to livestead and used rebekahs phone to read comments. It worked, but our cell signal doesn't livestream very good. I am Interested to see how well the starlink livestreams.
@@CountryViewAcres I'm looking forward to it ❤️
Congrats on the Wi-Fi. I know it will be a game changer for you. Hello to Rebecca!
If you can run an ethernet cable from your WIFI router to your extender you should see an improvement in your speed throughout the upstairs of your home and out to the pole barn. Glad to see you got it working!
I have to do that with ours. A lot of extenders have a ethernet out, so near the starlink you put that, and run the ethernet to the other one.
Strange that the starlink does not have a ethernet port.
Yep starlink doesn't have an ethernet port. They sell a network adaptor to hard wire devices. Maybe I will buy one.
@@CountryViewAcres Sorry to hear that, doesn't make sense that they didn't include it..., regardless, the speed has to feel great as it is....I was surprised to hear that you've been living without it!
My favorite smart device is a smart thermostat. It is nice to be able to adjust the thermostat without standing in front of it. If I could figure out a wireless way to adjust the blower speed on my fireplace, then I would really be set. We also have a WiFi camera for monitoring our goats. That is handy at kidding season.
Mailbox minder, alerts when mailbox door is opened. Never make a trip to mailbox to find out your mail hasn’t showed up yet. Driveway alert, sends a signal to inside control box to alarm when beam is tripped. Downside is deer trip it every time.
In an enviroment like this, i would strongly reccomend using unifi equipment - which is a router , switch, cloud device, and any of their external hardwire antennas. I did this on our 8 acres, and we have wifi corner to corner. You know, ya' just gotta have sirius when you mow.
I feel your pain. We finally got T-Mobile wireless home internet last year $60 a month. 400 to 500 Mbps. And the router that comes with it covers the whole house. No extender needed. And no equipment to buy like starlink
Plug that router into a UPS so it is protected from lighting and still works when the power goes out.
Thanks for sharing! This was a very informative video! George
I found that the pipe on Dishy is a perfect fit for one inch PVC schedule 40 conduit, into the flared end.
I stood up a 4x4 post, used clamps to attach a vertical piece of the said conduit and, voila! Done. That being said, the built in locks in the bottom of Dishy don’t engage to anything but realistically, my Dishy isn’t going anywhere.
Also, put the router on a UPS. It’s nice to still have internet access even when the power goes out, which it does frequently in my rural area.
Great job , Evan .
It's amazing what so many of us take for granite. We visited Kinfolk Farm of Georgia about 3 weeks ago and they just got internet to their place as well. Our entire county has had fiber to 95% of homes for over 10 years and many consider our county rural. (No cities over 5500 people.)
I can relate. 5 years last month and no reliable internet svc out here in rural TX where we moved. Sporadic cell internet which was expensive and unreliable. More than once we were summarily cut off using a cellular hotspot we got off ebay. Then more recently we couldn't get cellular internet at a reasonable price. Along comes Starlink. We connected up 5 days ago, now. So far so good. We have become so 'gun-shy' with come and go internet that it will take some time, having reliable internet, before we relax. The cell companies need this competition and loss of business to get real with their pricing and service.
EXCELLENT install. Very professional looking. Awesome signal strength. Will it support exterior security wifi cams? Did we caulk where the cable enters the home? 🙂
I still need to caulk the hole. Thanks for the reminder.
With your long driveway you should consider getting a driveway alarm at the end of your driveway. Our driveway isn't as long as yours but we are glad we got one.
Get the StarLink ethernet adapter, get your own wifi routers and build a mesh network instead of extenders.
I'm glad you now have internet now it keeps us informed. I know it's harder for you because of you Vlog.
We have been considering the Starlink ourselves for a while since we also live in a rural area. We do OK on our ATT "rural fixed wireless" BUT the longer we're on it the slower it gets. About 2 years ago when it was installed, we got like 30-32 mbps consistently. Now we're lucky to get around 8 to 12 and that's max. Anyway, you did a fantastic install and very professional. I pray it works great for yall.
We have been waiting for two years for our Starlink....starting to think it will never come
YoLink is a great system to check out, I have their driveway alarms, smart plugs and siren, but they have tons of options, very happy with their products. Also, GFI Notify is a great stand alone service to monitor for power outages... Don't buy a Blink camera system.
I'm in a rural also, Starlink was a real game changer your going to love it, I do.
really enjoyed watching y'all good video good job
I would use the satellite for while to see how stable it will be. We have a smart thermostat, lights, smart plugs and a echo, Alexa, and a echo show. As well as ring cameras. None of these devices work if the internet connection is down. Make sure you internet is stable before you spend a lot of money on smart devices. Watch out for really cloudy and snowy days. Have fun.
Great job welding that galvanized pipe, it's not easy. FYI, next time degrease it and wipe it down with white vinegar, it will etch the surface for paint adhesion. An old timer taught me that.
Great video
Thanks Evan
Wow, life for 5 years without internet.. and still putting out mega good videos on youtube... all credit to you Evan.... WELL DONE and welcome to the 21st century at last.. great!!!!!! 8o)
I use eero mesh internet throughout our property. You may want to plug a mesh wifi into the starlink AUX port or directly into starlink bypassing the starlink router completely. The mesh Wi-Fi are extremely fast. And can even be plugged into your barn.
Evan, these Amazon Blink security cameras and app have worked great for our property, check them out.
That's how we watch you on the tv, screen share from data smartphones. But hopefully after ordering our starlink a year ago, we can get Wi-Fi at home in central Illinois. Your setup looks awesome. 👍💚☉
Definitely get the star link Ethernet adapter so you can use your own router and hard wire other Wi-Fi access points where needed (machine shed)….
I am not sure it is the same technology, but the extender I use for the garage was the same used by SSL Family Dad at their old farm. You plug one device into a wall socket near the WiFi router in the house, and the other in the shop and it uses the copper in the house to extend it to the shop and then create another WiFi signal. Pretty slick and only about $100 at the time.
Al and Gina at Lumna Acres recently received their Starlink equipment and have activated it. They waited a long time for the equipment to arrive fir their 500 acre off grid Homestead. Like you, Al is very talented and internet savvy. He also made a temporary mount for his house so he could get the service up and running.
Pit a just a few acres farm recommended u and he did ,,, very good Chanel
The reason your extender is slower is the one in the description only gets up to 100 mbps. The EX7500 gets up to 250mbps. Just throwing that out there in case you get another one.
I agree, I mentioned to Evan that he should swap the starlink up to the top floor and move the extender to the basement. Put the starlink up high so it has better range around the property. He may have problems if he's going to put in a bunch of cameras or other gadgets with a lack of bandwidth and latency from the extender. I would take that extender back and get a LAN port for the starlink device and then run a proper fast router or switch and run cat 5 to the barn and other locations and then use a router at those locations to tie wifi devices into.
Almost at 90 k I started watching when it was almost 3k, you sure have come a long way. Great info as usual. Have a good one.
Now that your equipment is faster I hope we will see more videos.
Hey there, i was looking at the yt channel off hollar homestead. And i think they made a nice logmover for behind the quad. I think this is a nice thing for your log move problem
Great job on the Star Link install! Just remember that on your live steams, it’s your upload speed that is important. 2 meg should be ok, but keep that in mind. I’m a retired IT manager and am not afraid of new technology. We have an 800 foot driveway, and driveway alarms are definitely a good thing (but don’t need wifi for that), knowing when a delivery comes is great! Also, we know when deer come up our driveway at sunset and sunrise. Arlo cameras are great, and we added wifi enabled thermostat.
Great to hear. You are the third channel I watch that just got there Starlink. I wondered why you never did a live feed. Keep up the good work you 2 .
Smart garage door opener, smart light switch, Wi-Fi security camera and ring doorbell. Sent links. Alexa routines makes multi sequences device triggers very easy.
You can add wifi for your heating and cooling when you are not home it's called nest thermostat You should save on your cell phone service also. Good Luck will be watching
Better late than never...😉
Thanks a lot for the video!😊👍🏻
I like the Ring devices on my home. I have the doorbell and a couple of cameras. Since you have a strong signal outside, Ring has an outdoor camera that you can charge with a solar panel. That would give you lots of options for camera placement.
Welcome to the 21st century! Great job!
I have the indoor Wyze cams on our covered porches and it alerts on motion to my phone. At $24 each it was cheap security without buying the outdoor cam setup. I was thinking of doing a channel called My porch since there is a cat house out there and I leave food out so Cardinals and Blue Jays are here constantly, our cat comes and goes to the house, stray cats and 4-5 racoons visit every night too. It all gets recorded to a micro SD card in the cameras.
You made this look way easier than I think it is. You are so fortunate in knowing how to weld, electrical work. Great job! 😊
My mind is blown that you've built this channel without an internet connection at the house lol. That's pretty impressive man! Same as others have said, look into the Ethernet adapter, no speed loss, and no lag either.
We love the lutron light switches with their "smart bridge", but any kind of smart light switch is great for turning exterior or interior lights on from your phone, or to have them come on automatically when you're not around. Also love having a smart switch on our coffee pot so i can prep the pot the night before and walk out into the kitchen with fresh hot coffee lol. Great job as usual!
I’ve been waiting 18 months for service to come to my area in Tennessee
If you put a cable between the starlink and the wifi extender the speed from the wifi extender will be faster.
I am glad you were finally able to get wifi service at your farm and that will make it a lot better than just having the phones.
We really enjoyed your video. That's a bear of a pipe mount, for sure - NOTHING can blow that around, LOL! And nice welds, too. Like you, we're rural (southern PA), waited a year and just got our Starlink in February. We've been pleased. Once and a while, kind of at random it seems, the speeds slow down, but overall, they're similar to yours. Luckily, our unit worked correctly out of the box, so I have to say that overall this is a wonderful piece of tech. The one downside, unfortunately, does seem to be Customer Service. It takes WAY to long to hear back from them and half the time it seems like they only half read our e-mail. Sometimes I almost get the feeling they try to just tell you whatever they need to to get you to go away, but by the same token, I'm sure they're VERY busy due to the huge increase in customers. Hopefully Customer Service will improve because it's critical to keeping customers happy. The other negative thing is shipping accessories like the pole mount - took us five or six weeks to get ours and, like you, we had to do a temporary mount with the provided base in the interim. BTW I have an Ambient 2902C weather station and I love it. Beautiful display, good WiFi signal and you can read it online via PWS, Ambient Weather or wherever you set up an account.
That's a game changer, congrats for the installation
Good for you folks being able to get good internet. Hope the good numbers keep up for you. Our internet it a constant battle. Stay safe and keep up the good work around there. Fred.
I have the Wi-Fi security cameras and love them.
Hi Evan you did a good job on connecting your internet thanks for sharing you and Rebecca have a great day. 😇👍🥰🥰
Great job.
amazing ideas brother
I bet it's a relief to finally have internet :). If I can recommend something you might want to try if you have the time and if feasible.
I would set your Starlink router on the main floor. If this is the area where you spend most of your time you'll be able to use the 5GHz network for your main devices and daily internet access. It will give you the best throughput (but the smallest coverage) and should cover your entire first floor. Then run your repeater in the basement. The basement will be covered by either the 5GHz or 2.4GHz band depending on how far you are from the repeater.
Having the main router on the first floor will allow you to get the widest coverage on both bands, especially when you start looking into smart devices (which most of them run on 2.4GHz network). Having the repeater upstairs will work but as you saw it cuts your bandwidth by a tremendous amount.
The repeater in the basement will most likely allow you to get very decent coverage in the yard/behind the house (most likely using the 2.4GHz network but it should do it automatically).
I'm not sure how the Starlink router is configured or setup but if you can, I would run a direct burial cable from your main router to the barn. Then use an AP (access point using a second router) setup in your barn that way you also get full coverage in your barn and have minimal bandwidth loss in the barn. Your barn will then also have wifi access through the AP on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz band for your wireless devices. Bandwidth will be a tad lower than in the house (main floor) but still a lot better than any wireless signal you'll get from trying to connect wirelessly from the barn to the house. I'm sure you've noticed but the barn will totally block your wifi signal from the outside in the same manner your basement ceiling does. It's a bit of a pain to figure out but hopefully this will help in case you run into coverage issues with your current setup.
The above is similar to my current situation but I'm running a wired connection (through a switch) between our house and 2 out buildings/barns that are about 300 feet away and so far it's been spotless. Especially if you plan on adding any kind of wireless cam/security system to your other buildings.
Sorry for the long comment :)
Welding is a skill that is a acquired skill, 20 years ago I wanted a flat bed for one of my trucks where the box was completely shot. $600.00 in steel and I started my first welding project, never welded prior. My cousin who I lived with gave me a crash corse on welder operation and from there it was all a teach urself process. 20 years later I will say I'm not a professional by any means but when ever now I need something built I usally end up building what I need myself or fixing what I need to fix. The welder I own now has saved me thousands of dollars over the years in fabrication shop expneses. When someone asks me now where I've bought someting I simply say "I built it". Often times I get crazy looks and shocked expression on there face, don't ever be afraid to build what you need for your farm as that whole concept goes a far way when it comes to customization of your farm needs.
I got a couple of D’s and it’s made my UA-cam viewing great.
If you run a lan line to the extender your speeds will increase drastically where you are connected to the extender. It is the wifi part of the extender from the Starlink wifi router to the extender that is slowing your speeds down so much. Great job on the installation. Nice to have internet at home. Thanks for the videos.
Another respondant on here said the extender is the bottleneck that its only good up to 100. The starlink router is faster than the extender on wifi. Its not the wifi link, its the extender is not capable. Evan needs to swap positions of the starlink and extender. Put starlink up high for cameras and devices on the property so he has the bandwidth to run everything. Put extender downstairs if they aren't using wifi downstairs much.
Check out Phillips HUE light bulbs. They offer bulbs and LED light strips that work on WiFi. We really like ours!
Super happy for you ! You work hard, you deserve good things. 👍
Your talented .
I’m in the same boat. Been waiting for StarLink for over a year now and still not any internet and what’s more frustrating, no updates from them on when to expect it. We do get their generic complaints about no chips. Well, if that’s the big problem,why not spend what it takes to get the chip production back in the states and put more Americans back to work?
IoT and smart gadgets get outdated and discontinued very quick, and vendors often lock you in. There is a fantastic whole world of DIY stuff, like the Raspberry PI and a lot of other fun maker things.
Mesh system for the Wi-Fi is better than the extenders.
im happy things are a bit easier for you guys its hard enough as it is trying to do the homestead life so anything that can help ease the struggle is always so nice. enioy your new starlink
Nice welding and fabrication ! Enjoy your videos .
You can check your extender to see if you can increase your throughput. Also there are extenders witch have longer range and some witn increased signal. Is your extender a combination unit witch can do 2.4 and 5g.
5g is most likely cleaner but 2.4 is like a bulldozer.
Great video enjoy your content have a great day.
Great Job Evan I bet it’s so nice to watch the tv rather than your phones now. And a livestream would be great!