Starlink has a BBB rating of F. Be careful spending money on this product. 10 days of open tickets. 50Mbps down. That’s the high. They will not reply to support.
I have been running Starlink since Nov-2020 as a beta, speeds continually increase as does reliability.... I love it....but then my only other option was CenturyLink DSL. My question is, why do you find it necessary to use the Starlink router? I have never (other than for a moment during set up) used the Starlink router. Their router just doesn't provide the functionality of my ASUS AI Mesh.
I am in rural area in an oppressive country. My experience with starlink has been: 1. Life-changing. We had nothing previously. 2. 1-minute connection loss, for every like 2 hours. (that means no FPS online games) 3. 300ms latency, 20-80Mbps speed (this is because starlink had to move my service ground station to a much further country for my unit to work, because the one in my country is being manipulated by the government) 4. Unit i'm using is regional roaming, on a country that's not officially available.
Looking forward to the video you mentioned about explaining your entire setup as I don't know much about how to go about it. I'm building our house so looking for a good setup as we transition to it.
Listen. At first I was like omg, a whole lot of words to say it’s Amazing if it’s your only option. Then I seen your comment and made me think of an old buddy from New England, and then i got it! 😅 🤣😂🤣
Great video. Im in central Wisconsin and in the middle of nowhere. My daughter lives with me and works from home on line with strict download/upload requirements from her employer. Even with me streaming all day and kids gaming we're very happy with speeds. I did install the either net kit you described and it's connected to my daughter's computer and works very well. We've had a few times of 1 sec outages but nothing that has affected anything we're doing. Its been reliable so far through heavy rain and now it's snow season and so far so good. Keep up the informative videos
the variety of content we get from this channel is second to none. Now, I don't even have a starlink haha. But I appreciate knowing I can revisit these awesome videos for when I have a house and need help on some DIY project. Silver Cymbal is like the dad of youtube I swear haha.
My Starlink has changed my life. After suffering for years with Frontier DSL, I love my service and performance. I'm 100 percent unobstructed, and it makes a huge difference. This was a great video, thanks for posting!
@@Liamgeorge1 I'm surrounded by trees, but I have an open area in my backyard. I have zero obstructions, thankfully. I did an install for my neighbor and he's currently about 9 percent obstructed and it's still way better than the DSL. You have to have a decent view of the northern sky, at least where I'm located. Good luck!
Thank you for sharing, 9 years my business has been struggling with only 3mbps, unable to grow my business, this may be life changing. Thank you for your insight😊. Keep up your awesomeness.
I am an IT guy who does networking, and corporate IT support for the Portland Oregon area. I too have conducted the correct tests that measures the speed at the dish and not the rest of the network. In our area it is not uncommon to get the lower 80 Mbps download speeds. I do not work for Starlink but from what we have gathered it is related to network congestion at the base stations. Since our dishes point north our signals often go the satellites above Canada and beamed to Seattle. Although we have closer base stations just a few miles up the road, that's not how there telemetry works. My final conclusion, the Starlink network is not complete, its still being built, and Starlink is very popular in our rural landscape, In time the Starlink Network will get larger and better.
Much like the Hyper loop, Starlink will be a rotting corpse also. It’s capabilities aren’t even half their stated claims. Thousands of people can’t get customer service to help. The cracks are leaking already and the dam will fail. Is it better than absolutely nothing at all? Yes, of course it is. If you don’t mind constant signal loss, buffering , slow speed and throttling. The more people who use the service, the slower and less reliable it will become. Buy a cheap T-Mobile phone and get their unlimited data plan for 50 bucks per month. Bluetooth or cast off of it for your other devices.
@@Miner-49 "Buy a cheap T-Mobile phone and get their unlimited data plan for 50 bucks per month" -- unless you live in a wilderness area where this service does not exist. Then, the so-called "rotting corpse" suddenly comes alive. More and more satellites are being launched, which will, over time, make the service even better, especially if you're out in an area where other options either are spotty or not available.
I have gen 1 Starlink. I just ran the advanced speed tests per your suggestion. Turns out that even though I have good speed dish to router, the speed wifi to router far exceeds it, so I guess I'll leave it as-is. I use the Starlink built in wifi and it reaches, not only the entire 4k sq ft. of the house, but about 100 feet in all directions around the house in my yard. I have a cheap switch sending wired ethernet to the TVs and where laptops are frequently used, but regularly 8 to 10 wifi devices. No speed issues.
Great video! I have had Starlink for more than a year for my RV. I originally bought residential service and later switched to RV (month by month). I’m told it’s deprioritized but we traveled coast-to-coast and back this summer and fall and saw consistently great performance wherever we had a reasonable view of the sky. I have my Starlink attached to a 25 ft. telescoping pole. From there I eliminated the Starlink router altogether for a POE injector and plugged Starlink directly into a PepWave mobile router via grounded ethernet. The PepWave has multiple LTE sims so I can fall back to Verizon or ATT automatically. Keep up the great videos !
Why eliminate it, just set it to pass through (no need for POE)and use a better router like the Ubiquiti Dream router, although it's always out of stock :\
the video is good, don't get me wrong but how did he survived being out near the snow for more than 10 mins this is kinda a lot (i live in a warm climate so maybe you just had to get used to it)
As a remote location user this is the information I was looking for. I work IT and am using DSL currently which is no longer workable. Living in a remote location I don't have any other option for ISPs. Into the forums I went for info on Starlink. As you stated it seemed most people complaining had poor network setup, or the speeds were limited to their personal devices and not the service itself. and your video has confirmed this. We do get lots of snow where I live in the upper Midwest and i was concerned about that. Only other thing I am concerned about is performance in extreme cold. Sometimes we get up to -30 degrees. I was not sure if this has any effect on the hardware or if running the heater would impact the satellite longevity. Thanks again for the video!
I have worked in IT for 25 years. I am surprised folks know how to put their shoes on correctly at times. I have seen it all. Your assessments are correct.
Hy and greetings from Germany! Nothing to add, I am completely satisfied with Starlink. Though I am living 30 kilometers away from the headquarter of Telekom, they are not able to bring cable fast internet to our small village here. So I bought the dishy last year in October and tata, it’s works great. Measuring the download and upload speed definitely depends inside the house from the WiFi technology. When using your phone or iPad it’s okay to have less speed, when I use my computer it’s cable connected with full speed. I can only confirm your ideas and experiences. I recommended Starlink to 4 friends since and they are happy, too. Thanks for your videos and the time you put into creating them. Have a nice evening and keep on going (I love the launches of the SpaceX rockets 🚀) 😘😘🍀🌞
I have T Mobile home internet and it's not blazing fast but it's super cheap. Since I have the top mobile plans, they only charge me $30 and I average 150 MB down and 20 MB up. I work from home and that is more than adequate for work and streaming.
Just to add... I'm about 7 miles outside of a small town and my only alternative ISP is a cable provider. A comparable plan with them is $90 per month with a 1.5 TB data cap. Loving me some T-Mobile
I believe T-Mobile will let you cancel anytime. It works great for me. Depending on whether you also have phone plans, it's 30 or $50 per month with no data caps.
I did the same with ethernet port. The starlink router is actually very good. Some things you can do - run all smarthome on the starlink router, and then all your devices on a mesh.
I, a few months ago moved from my farm house in southern Tennessee. I am a network gru and was measuring my speed constantly with WiFi eithernet and from dish to router. The most speed I ever got from dish to router was 160 down and 15 up. Now this was ages better than the att dsl which was garbage (like 3 down and up didn’t exist). We had the best effort starlink and it was pretty good, the only time we lost our service was when it was a complete down poor and flash flooding was in effect. We now have Comcast and love it. Keep up the good work!
I watched this when you first put it out. Now, a year and many internet losses later, I finally pulled the trigger and bought the mini. I came back here, and just wanted to mention how great your videos are. Thanks again.
Great video, I got set up a week ago and you covered everything I'd been wondering about, and some stuff I hadn't wondered about: it never occurred to me that the included router might have relatively lousy range - I'd kind of assumed that a router is a router. I've noticed a massive upgrade from our previous service, but the router is ten feet away from me. Other family members haven't noticed the massive performance gains that I have - that may be why!
From my experience the included router is very bad. Compared to a relatively average or even below average ac1900 tplink router. When I first set up starlink for testing it was on my kitchen table, my other router was on the opposite end of the house, getting full bars in the kitchen, but for starlink it was around 1 bar and auto switched to 2.4ghz at the tplinks location.
@@Joseph-ot8rc i have a RBK-50 Orbi 2 piece mesh system hooked to it now as AP, and using a tplink er605 router. Router not needed for wifi signal but I had it to use my DSL line as a failover but now no longer have the DSL line
Using the ethernet adaptor, I ran Cat6 cable to all devices that don't move: desktop, TV and a laptop. TV performace increased 5X. We use WiFi only for phones and the weather station.
@@aguiremedia ethernet cable gives faster speed than wifi. For devices that don't move (TV, desktop computer) hard wiring them will gives faster internet than wifi. Check your computer for the max speed it can handle. Some models are limited to 10 mbs.
Thanks, i’m sorry that I can’t send you any money right now till the end of the month but I so will… I so connected with what you all said I’ve been going through UA-cam trying to find something to help me because I’m dumb as a stump when it comes to this sort of thing. I just got star link. I did get it up and running for the TV part that is. I just got two wire mesh nodes and I can’t get them to connect for shit and then I have the ethernet cable and don’t know if I should even put that in, seeing I got 150 feet of cord for no reason. My dishes is on the ground outside I have full reception no blockage waiting on my Balis weights forever and a day still not here,to put it up on my roof. Not sure where you live but I just bought a farm up north in New Hampshire that has no service and not a lot of people, so I got star link, but I’m not smart like yourself and I connected with you. I just wanted to say thanks hope to hear more from you while I go back to battling these mesh nodes that won’t hook up. And I really loved your idea with the Antenor. It was so cool. Where did you buy that at? And how much was it? If you don’t mind me asking. Best to you and your family living in God’s country.
All of the points that you made are common sense. I've had mine for 7 months and love it. Last month when they turned the dish, unfortunately, mine ended up facing the side of my roof. I had it raised on a pole and everything is fine. Starlink re-pointed the dish from north to northeast to better balance the load. In the southeast, they pointed us toward the satellites that are over the Atlantic that had lower usage thereby reducing the loads over the continental U.S. I was a little upset; when I put my ticket in, Starlink reminded me that users are responsible for no obstructions on a 360 degree basis. Just because the initial setup was to the north, created no obligation to keep it that way. I have a mesh router system and it's fine. By the way, be careful keeping your heater on too long. It can actually melt the cable at the dish end. You're probably better off monitoring the snow and turn it off and on periodically.
0:49 Canadian Starlink customer here for 3 years now. We have had zero problems with service anywhere in our house until last week. Everything suddenly stopped connecting to the wifi in one room in the basement. I have rebooted and reset everything, but it doesn't solve the issue. I would love to try the ethernet and second router work-around. However, my model of starlink router has no ethernet port or any extra ports at all for that matter.
Thank you, yes I will be going through that from beginning to end. I returned a lot of stuff that didn't work and I am super happy with my final setup, should be out before the end of Feb
Best Starlink video out there. I just purchased Starlink for my RV ($2,500) antennae. I connected to a Nighthawk AX2400 router. It works well. My download speed is roughly 210mbps. Keep up the good work.
We live in a rural area in WV, have had Frontier for years, the slightest wind always knocks out service, when you call for service, it’s always 20-25 days before you get a technician, we’ve had Starlink for two days, I’m trying to not get too excited, so far not a blip.
I ordered the ethernet adapter and am hoping to see some significant speed increases. Thanks for this channel! Great information in a very practical "non-techy" easy to understand way!
@kevyyar drastically difference in speed with ethernet adapter. 185-205 download on average (or less congested times) and 8 to 15Mbs upload. This may not be super speed but compared to what it was its a big difference
I got the round disk early version. this had an ethernet port built in. I also am in IT in the NW Oregon area. Compared to the DSL (my only other option), Starlink has been outstanding. Always faster than the DSL, much lower latency than Geo-sync Satellite internet.
It's still ethernet on the newer dishes. Just a propietary jack/plug. Cut it and crimp a normal rj45 on it in the 568B standard. Power the dish with a Poe injector and then you don't even need the starlink router. Just treat it like a wan on your own router. Check "Everlanders" UA-cam channel.
A year ago I moved to a remote location in Florida, first time I’ve lived with no cable available. I paid my deposit to get on the Starlink wait list, and after a couple of months I was offered the service center than I expected. They shipped me a box with the components and for some reason I was so intimidated by the thought of having to figure it out and get it up and running that I procrastinated almost a month. Once I committed to doing it, I was truly😅 amazed at how simple set up was and how quickly I had it working. Performance is good and I’ve had no problems. It was so simple.
I touched my first Starlink the other day for a friend/customer. I was quite impressed with the build quality and hope it helps them reduce the gouging prices they have received in the past. I really appreciate many of the suggestions and tips in your video. I've learned a bunch and will certainly pay it forward to others.
So many good points. I have Starlink on the east coast of Australia. My dish to router download speeds vary between 220 and 380mbps. When I first got it, I didn't realise it didn't come with an ethernet port, so was using the internet wifi. The best speeds I could get was around 150. I purchased the ethernet adatpor, disabled the wifi in the Starlink router, and then purchased a TP Link Deco X40 mesh wifi which now gives me pretty much consisten 200-250mbps downloads over wifi (and better over ethernet). Mesh is definitely the way to go if you live in a large house or a house with mutiple storeys.
so you used the bypass function on the starlink app? did you have to change any settings in your router? Im using an asus RT-AX58U . I just set starlink up today (9/19/2023) and am capping speed at 150ish.
I live on the Oregon coast. I was part of the Starlink Beta release. Was on the list for a year before they shipped the first systems. Took me 20 mins to install it and turn it on. I was constrained about where I could put the antenna and had to put it on the ground at first. Had about 20% obstructions from tree tops. Still got 150 to 300 mbps down. Best I've had is 401 mbps. But had frequent obstruction-based outages that lasted 1 to 15 seconds. Nonetheless, streaming was not impacted enough to piss me off. Live calls and video conferencing was a bit of a problem. Recently raised the antenna and have no obstructions and that problem evaporated. I'd gnaw my feet off before I gave up my Starlink.
Starlink in Central Tx here. Our cable company stops a block away. Typical speeds are 40d/15u. Not wonderful and similar to wireless internet here but we wanted reliability and are happy with it!
Love my Starlink, worked here when Nothing else would. I plugged an Orbi mesh network directly into the router, don't understand why you had to add another gadget in-between. My DL speeds vary, normally in 100-200+mbs range though my mesh network is about 160. I appreciate your YT content!!
My brother got Starlink since fiber wasn't available in his area. It worked great with quicker/faster than cable. Earlier this year, we had lots of rolling blackouts in our city since power company had shut down some plants for maintenance and grid would get overloaded quickly (they sent out emails warning customers before hand). After the first blackout, the Starlink antenna died. It was unresponsive when the power came back on. He read about Starlink antenna issues with power outtages in forums, so he had a dedicated power supply/surge protector for the antenna and modem/router. Even with that, the antenna still died. They did send him a new antenna after a few weeks, but since hasn't encountered a black out yet.
Good video, super content. One question, why are you blocking the barn door with your tower brace? That door is not useable anymore. Also, I would pop in a few lag bolts through the horizontal 2x4 into studs within the wall. The battens look like they are not aligned with the studs since they appear to be at 12" o.c. spacing, and wall studs are at 16" o.c. spacing. You'll need to find the studs to hit them with lag bolts. Sorry, but I can't help myself, I am a retired structural engineer trying to justify my existence...lol. Cheers from Canada :)
Here in Florida we have blackouts from bad weather and serious speed reductions. We notice the streaming TV picture degrade and then run a speed test, it is often 3-8Mbs. This has gotten better over time but for a year our top speeds were often in the 80Mbs range. It seems like the more northern locations are doing better than Florida.
Excellent video... we're off the grid and use a phone Hotspot to access internet on our laptop ... yes, it's Dark Ages. We're switching to Starlink. You said you would post a video in a "couple of weeks" on connecting up the Starlink Dish system but didn't find it among your videos. This is what I was able to follow: Starlink Dish to Starlink Router to separately purchased Starlink Ethernet Adaptor ($25) for the purpose of bypassing WiFi issues and finally to a separately purchased TP-Link Router. Do I have this right? If you could do the video, I'm sure many of us would like to see it. Please let us know what TP-Link Router model you are using and why. Just tested speeds DL: 4.60 MBps and 3.02 MBps; UP: 0.00 MBps and 0.12 MBPS Thats it, we're done with the Hotspot and getting Starlink. Looking forward to seeing your follow-up video on Starlink.
Thanks for your info, was on a waiting list here in WV. I look forward to anything going up at more that 700kbs and 6mbs down. I will take your advice and try the ethernet adapter and use my existing distribution system. At my home only DSL or cell is an option and it sucks. The cable company will not run our street because at the time they were installing the density was too low. 15 years and 40 houses later they still say for cable access we need to pay $70,000. Hard to complain to a state sponsored monopoly, but that's what WV did to us.
Love, love, love Starlink! (And LOVE your videos!) We live rural too and Starlink has been a Godsend especially after using ALL the other satellite services, which were completely unbearable. Now, I am working remotely from home and must have reliable service. Lately, I have been dropping some calls and so I CANNOT wait for you to release the video of your set up. (please hurry) I know my recent issues are NOT a starlink problem and I get it that my set up needs help, but I need your excellent step by step video so that I can do it right the first time. Thanks again for all you do, your videos have helped me with a so many household problems and I could not be more grateful! P.S. This is the very first time I have ever left a comment for a UA-cam video EVER, even though I'm sure I've watched a million! Thank you!
Good stuff. I just got Starlink a month ago. At first, I was getting a lot of the "slow downs," etc, that some other users have reported. After watching this video, I completely upgraded my network and put the Starlink router in bypass mode. Since then, I've had zero issues with performance.
wow, your starlink is 5 times faster than my wired internet. I didn't know they were so fast now. Not going to switch as it would cost a lot more but that's still pretty good.
@SilverCymbal, I believe the true internet speed test would be measured using something like Okla Speedtest where it measures between you and the source of the internet. The SL App is measuring between you and the Satellite. But doesn’t take into account their ground station, and furthermore their connection to an ISP.
I've had Starlink since March 2021. After having to suffer using my cellphone's hotspot for the year prior due to our office shutting down for Covid, Starlink couldn't have come at a better time. Took me all of 90 minutes from unpacking the box to connecting to the service. Since then, other than the few times there have been major network outages, I have had no issues. My kids could stream and game on their computers, while my wife and I watched movies in the living room. I know some haven't had the "success" I've had, but I can't imagine what life would've been like if this didn't come along when it did. Traditional satellite internet is all we had before, with their ridiculous data caps that would max out in the first week of the cycle and slow speeds.
We recently got it here in Alaska. When it works it’s the fastest I’ve ever seen but it’s spotty and has lots of interruptions. I have a clear view of the sky but it still says I have obstructions. Overall it’s great for areas that don’t have internet.
This was a great insight to this Starling newbie. I want to suggest you move the tower brace you have behind you to a position above the barn door mechanism so you could still operate those doors when you need the. It makes no obvious sense to install the brace in a way that blocks the doors from opening.
I didn't discuss this until a later video. Those doors are real, but screwed shut to gain some wall space in the garage and by doing so they also stopped mice getting in.
There is no dedicated heater inside the dishes. Videos dismantling the dish have shown this. The heat comes from the antenna (s) and how much power they use which is variable based on need. The dish will never point entirely the other way as mentioned in the video that some people reported that, which from this video where the dish is now (north) and where the tall trees are (assuming that is this the dish's south) because starlink services cannot interfere with other providers sending their signal from that angle. They will always point somewhat north in North America.
Hello, at 3:17 in your video you say you are going to post a video about linking your Starlink directly with Ethernet cable and another router. I don't see that video? Help I am at the point I need to do this. I just bought Starlink because we also live in country, we love it. We also live in a shipping container house and need to connect to some boosters. Maybe Eeros but would love a video on how you did your system. Am I missing it??
We had a person move our starlink under the front of our trailer because it started raining and I didn’t realize it for two days because it still worked great. We were in West Yellowstone Montana. That made be a believer.
I live above the arctic circle in the north of Sweden. I got the Starlink Residential and pay 69 bucks a month. I have the Ethernet adapter for my main rig and two extra nodes. I have around 200-250 mbps on the Ethernet and 100-200 mbps on 5Ghz WiFi. I’m really happy and impressed with Starlink so far.
If your bills like mine they charge you around 33% of misc. communication taxes to that inexpensive quote and then it becomes expensive. It’s ridiculous.
My dish moved, now I have more obstructions. It’s difficult because I’m on the the wrong side of a hill. It’s frustrating and I need to get some sort pole mount like you.
That stinks, I was shocked when it happened since I didn't think think satellite system could change. Watch my other video if you haven't it might not be for everyone, but I just saw another complete tower for $200 with all the brackets. So they come up used but often in amazing condition: ua-cam.com/video/qZKU5c6qlH8/v-deo.html
Hi. Nice explainations.I bought a TP-Link AX55 to link to the Starlink router using the Bypass on the Starlink router. Works so fine. Have a nice day. Hello from brussels, BELGIUM.
I’m in rural area like you no cell connection. I have a local cable less internet 90 a month ..had to put little dish in a 150 foot oak to get signal. So far works good. Neighbor has Starlink loves it. I don’t understand how you expanded Wi-Fi over your property so you get better coverage,,,COULD YOU PLEASE DO A VIDEO
NH. here, no cable offered and never will be. Just got Starlink today and running it from my deck. Works, but need to get it on the roof ASAP. Many tress in my way but it's a massive improvement over DSL fro CC, who I hate.
Hello @SilverCymbal, I was wondering if you have created the follow-up video that you talked about making at the 3:11 minute mark in this video (99% of Starlink owners don’t know how to boost their speed), showing your connection and set-up with your own TP-Link Router to Starlink, using the $25 Starlink Ethernet Adapter? Thank you in advance.
I just purchased Starlink two days ago and I bought the ethernet adapter just because it's one less thing to worry about when diagnosing connection issues. I haven't got my system yet but I intend to use it for gaming and if it doesn't work out I'm sending it back.
I have just ordered mine here in the UK so I shall test the system and report however, since I will probably mount the receiver on the roof of my solar shed, I am in doubt wether to connect the Ethernet adaptor to the house and live my Victron system relying on the StarLink WiFi since they both live in the same building or instead do the reverse and hard connect to the solar shed where may Micro Grid is and use another access point in the house. Obviously option one would be the easiest one so I'll have to try that first unless I receive better ideas from this channel. Just for the records I have a land line with Sky but it's providing me with a ridiculously 10Mb/s when I'm lucky and they are charging me £55.00 a month so I've decided to give them the elbow. 🙏Thanks for sharing your discoveries that will certainly help us all obtaining a better performance of the StarLink System
I can't seem to find the follow up video mentioned giving detailed instructions of your router and system. Could someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks for the great content! Can you provide a link or point me toward that glass-front wall rack you show at 3:03? It's such a clean setup, I'd love to do something similar, but I can't seem to find any racks that shallow.
Thanks for the info. Im not super far out of town but my only option is fixed wireless and it has become abysmally slow to the point I canceled and have nothing but my cell phone. I am considering paying the $99 to wait. The monthly fee is only $20 more than my 7mbps connection I had lol.
Wow! You put a lot of time and effort intot he video. Lots of great info. I'll be traveling in a camper with Starlink internet, and my cellphone as a hotspot for emergencies.
I would say ping and jitter is more important than bandwidth (speed). Of course everyone wants the fastest speeds to download everything faster or so many people can say stream different things at once without noticing an impact. However for real time tasks, gaming and video calls being the big one these days, ping is everything. While actually playing an online game, very little data is actually being transferred, something around 100-300kbps is typical. Having huge spikes in latency however can be noticeable and more impactful then slow speeds. Stable steady ping (low jitter) is key.
I just ordered Starlink. I live in the desert and we get high winds up to roughly 65-70ish mph. I need to mount my Starlink on the roof, but after looking through the Starlink mounting instructions and reading that mounts are not for high wind speeds/tornado/etc. weather, I am not sure what to do. I've been digging around the i-net, and as far as I can tell, I think I will be fine. Any suggestions or opinions would be very appreciated. *Your video is very helpful and I appreciate the info you shared!*
i have been a starlink user since 3-15-21, i was a better than nothing beta user... here in northern michigan i have noticed that speeds here started around 250-350mbps download with 20-40 up... now a days we average 150-200mbps down-20-40 up... i still use the good old gen 1 round dishy still holding up well even almost 3 years in.... strange thing tho... lol the gen 1 routers have cat5 port so i never had to deal with the wifi issues i heard so much about. got the routher plugged into a netgear switch and it runs to 2 routers on my property giving the whole internet
That is a very interesting video, thanks for taking so much trouble. One question, any idea of the latency speed of your set up please? I live in North West France in a very rural area. The internet reception is CR*P so hence I am looking at Starlink. Like many people who have similar connection problems I also make how to videos for UA-cam. The last 18 minute video I made took me over 5 hours to upload!!!! So I need to do something about this. Plus I have a stone built house and some 25 meters away a stone built office and I need internet connection in both. From my research so far I have come up with a pole mounted antenna on the office outer wall above roof height then a feed into the office and from the office via an existing underground ethernet cable (via an ethernet adapter) into the house. Does that sound like it might work? Any help or suggestions would be gratefully received.
I am in the process of getting Starlink. I want to connect an Ethernet hub (with Ethernet cables to about six devices) to the Starlink router thinggy. Can I do this directly using the Ethernet adapter, or must I add an additional router in line?
If you're having trouble with rich HTTPS websites like FB or eBay it's typically an MSS issue. If you are using your own router, set your MSS down to 1420 and see how that changes things. Since you have two connections, why not get a VPN to somewhere else, then route everything through either SL-->VPN or 5G-->VPN and see if things behave the same over both. If so, it's not an SL problem. Likely though you'll find both links have an issue, so set your MSS down and watch things work. You can then turn off routing via the VPN and see it still works. I would still keep the remote VPN so no matter which carrier you're routing through, your IP stays the same, port forwarding bypasses the lack of that functionality in the CGNAT they both use.
I see you have a giant lightning rod attached to your house, but no bonding at or around the base. As a radio station owner and someone who has tower sections near to housing as well, I can tell you it's only a matter of time before that sucker gets a lighting strike..and it'll be devastating if you aren't bonded.
brrrrr Feeling cold just watching you. T-shirt? 🥶😆 I am new to Starlink, installed it a few days ago, and loving it. I am living in rural Ireland and I work from home. Good internet is crutial, happy to have invested into Starlink,would do it again!
There are routers that can take multiple internet connections and either failover, or “load balance” between them… I use a Ubuiqity Dream Machine Pro, but that’s an entire echosystem with switches, wifi access points etc
Ok - Great Video and Content. So like you I live in the woods, run a video conferencing reseller and have tried every darn way to maximize internet access without wireline service available in any way (fiber, dsl-copper, coax, carrier pigeon). I like you have evolved from every dish provider to the 4LTE/5G guys and their resellers in the past 30 years. First - thanks for telling people they need to get the network behind the router right. I use Ubiquiti behind both our properties and at family where somehow I have been deemed IT support, even if I only signed up to love and take care of their daughter (my in-laws). Ubiquiti has been fantastic! I digress. I too have t-mobile for $70 as backup - but I use a second cellular radio (MOFI) with a T-mo sim because there is/was no way to get a reliable ethernet connection out of that box and avoid double NAT issues etc. Has this changed? How do you guys integrate the t-mobile can as an automatic failover or second internet service to the house network? One guy says dream machine will do that - I agree, but not without a ethernet port - unless he hacked the box (trash can unit) he got from them right?
I am confused by the section where you talk about the satellite rotating itself. Is this a feature of a newer generation? I got my system secondhand and it only came with the dish and two routers, no stand. If I buy the pivot stand will it optimize its angle? I believe I have Gen 2
what do you mean north east? in the northern hemisphere they are supposed to be pointed straight north, then the movement of starlink antenna is to align for latitude
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Storms most certainly affect the speed. Daytime I run about 50 at night time 100 to 125.
mine disconnects ever 40 seconds to 4 minutes with a 6% obstruction
Starlink has a BBB rating of F. Be careful spending money on this product. 10 days of open tickets. 50Mbps down. That’s the high. They will not reply to support.
I have been running Starlink since Nov-2020 as a beta, speeds continually increase as does reliability.... I love it....but then my only other option was CenturyLink DSL. My question is, why do you find it necessary to use the Starlink router? I have never (other than for a moment during set up) used the Starlink router. Their router just doesn't provide the functionality of my ASUS AI Mesh.
I am in rural area in an oppressive country.
My experience with starlink has been:
1. Life-changing. We had nothing previously.
2. 1-minute connection loss, for every like 2 hours. (that means no FPS online games)
3. 300ms latency, 20-80Mbps speed (this is because starlink had to move my service ground station to a much further country for my unit to work, because the one in my country is being manipulated by the government)
4. Unit i'm using is regional roaming, on a country that's not officially available.
A true New Englander. Making sure you're getting everything you're paying for and standing outside in February in a t-shirt. 😆
Very true. At least I didn’t have the shorts on. I do miss a Dunkin’s nearby at times.
@@SilverCymbal You must be way up north! I’m in Manchester and I have two dunks within 3 minutes of my house. To be fair though, they’re both awful.
@@chrisrichard298 yep, they can’t get any decent help
Looking forward to the video you mentioned about explaining your entire setup as I don't know much about how to go about it. I'm building our house so looking for a good setup as we transition to it.
Listen. At first I was like omg, a whole lot of words to say it’s Amazing if it’s your only option.
Then I seen your comment and made me think of an old buddy from New England, and then i got it! 😅 🤣😂🤣
The best most recent video on Starlink. Especially for us remote folks. Thank you for your clear, concise, and easy-to-watch review.
Great video. Im in central Wisconsin and in the middle of nowhere. My daughter lives with me and works from home on line with strict download/upload requirements from her employer. Even with me streaming all day and kids gaming we're very happy with speeds. I did install the either net kit you described and it's connected to my daughter's computer and works very well. We've had a few times of 1 sec outages but nothing that has affected anything we're doing. Its been reliable so far through heavy rain and now it's snow season and so far so good. Keep up the informative videos
the variety of content we get from this channel is second to none. Now, I don't even have a starlink haha. But I appreciate knowing I can revisit these awesome videos for when I have a house and need help on some DIY project. Silver Cymbal is like the dad of youtube I swear haha.
I really appreciate that, I try to share things I am working on. Thanks for watching!
My Starlink has changed my life. After suffering for years with Frontier DSL, I love my service and performance. I'm 100 percent unobstructed, and it makes a huge difference. This was a great video, thanks for posting!
Are you in a wooded area? I'm getting mine tomorrow, can't wait to get off Frontier. I'm hoping it will work okay on my house without obstruction.
@@Liamgeorge1 I'm surrounded by trees, but I have an open area in my backyard. I have zero obstructions, thankfully. I did an install for my neighbor and he's currently about 9 percent obstructed and it's still way better than the DSL. You have to have a decent view of the northern sky, at least where I'm located. Good luck!
Thank you for sharing, 9 years my business has been struggling with only 3mbps, unable to grow my business, this may be life changing. Thank you for your insight😊. Keep up your awesomeness.
I am an IT guy who does networking, and corporate IT support for the Portland Oregon area. I too have conducted the correct tests that measures the speed at the dish and not the rest of the network. In our area it is not uncommon to get the lower 80 Mbps download speeds. I do not work for Starlink but from what we have gathered it is related to network congestion at the base stations. Since our dishes point north our signals often go the satellites above Canada and beamed to Seattle. Although we have closer base stations just a few miles up the road, that's not how there telemetry works.
My final conclusion, the Starlink network is not complete, its still being built, and Starlink is very popular in our rural landscape, In time the Starlink Network will get larger and better.
Much like the Hyper loop, Starlink will be a rotting corpse also. It’s capabilities aren’t even half their stated claims. Thousands of people can’t get customer service to help. The cracks are leaking already and the dam will fail. Is it better than absolutely nothing at all? Yes, of course it is. If you don’t mind constant signal loss, buffering , slow speed and throttling. The more people who use the service, the slower and less reliable it will become.
Buy a cheap T-Mobile phone and get their unlimited data plan for 50 bucks per month. Bluetooth or cast off of it for your other devices.
@@Miner-49 I too wonder if a newer cheaper technology will cause the billions spent to setup Starlink to have been wasted in the future.
@@Miner-49Do you even own a Starlink…
TN is 100 down 5 up
@@Miner-49 "Buy a cheap T-Mobile phone and get their unlimited data plan for 50 bucks per month" -- unless you live in a wilderness area where this service does not exist. Then, the so-called "rotting corpse" suddenly comes alive. More and more satellites are being launched, which will, over time, make the service even better, especially if you're out in an area where other options either are spotty or not available.
I have gen 1 Starlink. I just ran the advanced speed tests per your suggestion. Turns out that even though I have good speed dish to router, the speed wifi to router far exceeds it, so I guess I'll leave it as-is. I use the Starlink built in wifi and it reaches, not only the entire 4k sq ft. of the house, but about 100 feet in all directions around the house in my yard. I have a cheap switch sending wired ethernet to the TVs and where laptops are frequently used, but regularly 8 to 10 wifi devices. No speed issues.
yes, their device does not pass on the performance to your network.
Great video! I have had Starlink for more than a year for my RV. I originally bought residential service and later switched to RV (month by month). I’m told it’s deprioritized but we traveled coast-to-coast and back this summer and fall and saw consistently great performance wherever we had a reasonable view of the sky. I have my Starlink attached to a 25 ft. telescoping pole. From there I eliminated the Starlink router altogether for a POE injector and plugged Starlink directly into a PepWave mobile router via grounded ethernet. The PepWave has multiple LTE sims so I can fall back to Verizon or ATT automatically. Keep up the great videos !
FYI, the “Nater Tater” UA-cam channel has some great videos on the Peplink and other LTE/5G routers
Why eliminate it, just set it to pass through (no need for POE)and use a better router like the Ubiquiti Dream router, although it's always out of stock :\
@@JT_1 Because it sucks precious watts and doesn't add any functionality while it's doing so.
the video is good, don't get me wrong but how did he survived being out near the snow for more than 10 mins this is kinda a lot (i live in a warm climate so maybe you just had to get used to it)
As a remote location user this is the information I was looking for. I work IT and am using DSL currently which is no longer workable. Living in a remote location I don't have any other option for ISPs. Into the forums I went for info on Starlink. As you stated it seemed most people complaining had poor network setup, or the speeds were limited to their personal devices and not the service itself. and your video has confirmed this. We do get lots of snow where I live in the upper Midwest and i was concerned about that. Only other thing I am concerned about is performance in extreme cold. Sometimes we get up to -30 degrees. I was not sure if this has any effect on the hardware or if running the heater would impact the satellite longevity. Thanks again for the video!
I have worked in IT for 25 years. I am surprised folks know how to put their shoes on correctly at times. I have seen it all. Your assessments are correct.
Hy and greetings from Germany! Nothing to add, I am completely satisfied with Starlink. Though I am living 30 kilometers away from the headquarter of Telekom, they are not able to bring cable fast internet to our small village here. So I bought the dishy last year in October and tata, it’s works great. Measuring the download and upload speed definitely depends inside the house from the WiFi technology. When using your phone or iPad it’s okay to have less speed, when I use my computer it’s cable connected with full speed. I can only confirm your ideas and experiences. I recommended Starlink to 4 friends since and they are happy, too. Thanks for your videos and the time you put into creating them. Have a nice evening and keep on going (I love the launches of the SpaceX rockets 🚀) 😘😘🍀🌞
I have T Mobile home internet and it's not blazing fast but it's super cheap. Since I have the top mobile plans, they only charge me $30 and I average 150 MB down and 20 MB up.
I work from home and that is more than adequate for work and streaming.
Just to add... I'm about 7 miles outside of a small town and my only alternative ISP is a cable provider. A comparable plan with them is $90 per month with a 1.5 TB data cap. Loving me some T-Mobile
I’m so grateful for all this content you’ve put out. We’re moving to a rural location this summer and I need to get internet figured out.
I believe T-Mobile will let you cancel anytime. It works great for me. Depending on whether you also have phone plans, it's 30 or $50 per month with no data caps.
I really appreciate it. I have a lot of fun stuff coming this Spring and Summer
I did the same with ethernet port. The starlink router is actually very good. Some things you can do - run all smarthome on the starlink router, and then all your devices on a mesh.
I, a few months ago moved from my farm house in southern Tennessee. I am a network gru and was measuring my speed constantly with WiFi eithernet and from dish to router. The most speed I ever got from dish to router was 160 down and 15 up. Now this was ages better than the att dsl which was garbage (like 3 down and up didn’t exist). We had the best effort starlink and it was pretty good, the only time we lost our service was when it was a complete down poor and flash flooding was in effect. We now have Comcast and love it. Keep up the good work!
I watched this when you first put it out. Now, a year and many internet losses later, I finally pulled the trigger and bought the mini. I came back here, and just wanted to mention how great your videos are. Thanks again.
That is really nice of you to say. So glad to hear this was helpful and you are on Starlink now and that the videos were useful.
@@SilverCymbal and I forgot to mention how responsive you are! Thanks again.
Great video, I got set up a week ago and you covered everything I'd been wondering about, and some stuff I hadn't wondered about: it never occurred to me that the included router might have relatively lousy range - I'd kind of assumed that a router is a router. I've noticed a massive upgrade from our previous service, but the router is ten feet away from me. Other family members haven't noticed the massive performance gains that I have - that may be why!
From my experience the included router is very bad. Compared to a relatively average or even below average ac1900 tplink router. When I first set up starlink for testing it was on my kitchen table, my other router was on the opposite end of the house, getting full bars in the kitchen, but for starlink it was around 1 bar and auto switched to 2.4ghz at the tplinks location.
Had to subscribe -well spoken,informative to the max and will continue to sponge info. Thanks much
so what did you do to fix that? @@Healcraft
@@Joseph-ot8rc i have a RBK-50 Orbi 2 piece mesh system hooked to it now as AP, and using a tplink er605 router. Router not needed for wifi signal but I had it to use my DSL line as a failover but now no longer have the DSL line
Using the ethernet adaptor, I ran Cat6 cable to all devices that don't move: desktop, TV and a laptop. TV performace increased 5X. We use WiFi only for phones and the weather station.
I don't get it, the wifi powered block I received has a white plug that covers two ethernet ports. why do I need an ethernet adaptor?
@@aguiremedia ethernet cable gives faster speed than wifi. For devices that don't move (TV, desktop computer) hard wiring them will gives faster internet than wifi. Check your computer for the max speed it can handle. Some models are limited to 10 mbs.
Thanks, i’m sorry that I can’t send you any money right now till the end of the month but I so will… I so connected with what you all said I’ve been going through UA-cam trying to find something to help me because I’m dumb as a stump when it comes to this sort of thing. I just got star link. I did get it up and running for the TV part that is. I just got two wire mesh nodes and I can’t get them to connect for shit and then I have the ethernet cable and don’t know if I should even put that in, seeing I got 150 feet of cord for no reason. My dishes is on the ground outside I have full reception no blockage waiting on my Balis weights forever and a day still not here,to put it up on my roof. Not sure where you live but I just bought a farm up north in New Hampshire that has no service and not a lot of people, so I got star link, but I’m not smart like yourself and I connected with you. I just wanted to say thanks hope to hear more from you while I go back to battling these mesh nodes that won’t hook up. And I really loved your idea with the Antenor. It was so cool. Where did you buy that at? And how much was it? If you don’t mind me asking. Best to you and your family living in God’s country.
All of the points that you made are common sense. I've had mine for 7 months and love it. Last month when they turned the dish, unfortunately, mine ended up facing the side of my roof. I had it raised on a pole and everything is fine. Starlink re-pointed the dish from north to northeast to better balance the load. In the southeast, they pointed us toward the satellites that are over the Atlantic that had lower usage thereby reducing the loads over the continental U.S. I was a little upset; when I put my ticket in, Starlink reminded me that users are responsible for no obstructions on a 360 degree basis. Just because the initial setup was to the north, created no obligation to keep it that way. I have a mesh router system and it's fine. By the way, be careful keeping your heater on too long. It can actually melt the cable at the dish end. You're probably better off monitoring the snow and turn it off and on periodically.
0:49 Canadian Starlink customer here for 3 years now. We have had zero problems with service anywhere in our house until last week. Everything suddenly stopped connecting to the wifi in one room in the basement. I have rebooted and reset everything, but it doesn't solve the issue. I would love to try the ethernet and second router work-around. However, my model of starlink router has no ethernet port or any extra ports at all for that matter.
I have been following for your Starlink contents. Great to see an update video. I would love to see a follow up on your home networking solution
Thank you, yes I will be going through that from beginning to end. I returned a lot of stuff that didn't work and I am super happy with my final setup, should be out before the end of Feb
Best Starlink video out there. I just purchased Starlink for my RV ($2,500) antennae. I connected to a Nighthawk AX2400 router. It works well. My download speed is roughly 210mbps. Keep up the good work.
210? Good god that's amazing.
We live in a rural area in WV, have had Frontier for years, the slightest wind always knocks out service, when you call for service, it’s always 20-25 days before you get a technician, we’ve had Starlink for two days, I’m trying to not get too excited, so far not a blip.
I ordered the ethernet adapter and am hoping to see some significant speed increases. Thanks for this channel! Great information in a very practical "non-techy" easy to understand way!
Any updates?
@kevyyar drastically difference in speed with ethernet
adapter. 185-205 download on average (or less congested times) and 8 to 15Mbs upload. This may not be super speed but compared to what it was its a big difference
I got the round disk early version. this had an ethernet port built in. I also am in IT in the NW Oregon area. Compared to the DSL (my only other option), Starlink has been outstanding. Always faster than the DSL, much lower latency than Geo-sync Satellite internet.
Not having Ethernet built in is a major flaw. It wouldn't even cost that much to implement.
It's still ethernet on the newer dishes. Just a propietary jack/plug. Cut it and crimp a normal rj45 on it in the 568B standard. Power the dish with a Poe injector and then you don't even need the starlink router. Just treat it like a wan on your own router. Check "Everlanders" UA-cam channel.
@@stijnbarbe5575 I haven't tried this yet, can you still control the heating setting and stow/unstow?
A year ago I moved to a remote location in Florida, first time I’ve lived with no cable available. I paid my deposit to get on the Starlink wait list, and after a couple of months I was offered the service center than I expected. They shipped me a box with the components and for some reason I was so intimidated by the thought of having to figure it out and get it up and running that I procrastinated almost a month. Once I committed to doing it, I was truly😅 amazed at how simple set up was and how quickly I had it working. Performance is good and I’ve had no problems. It was so simple.
I touched my first Starlink the other day for a friend/customer. I was quite impressed with the build quality and hope it helps them reduce the gouging prices they have received in the past. I really appreciate many of the suggestions and tips in your video. I've learned a bunch and will certainly pay it forward to others.
So many good points. I have Starlink on the east coast of Australia. My dish to router download speeds vary between 220 and 380mbps. When I first got it, I didn't realise it didn't come with an ethernet port, so was using the internet wifi. The best speeds I could get was around 150. I purchased the ethernet adatpor, disabled the wifi in the Starlink router, and then purchased a TP Link Deco X40 mesh wifi which now gives me pretty much consisten 200-250mbps downloads over wifi (and better over ethernet). Mesh is definitely the way to go if you live in a large house or a house with mutiple storeys.
so you used the bypass function on the starlink app? did you have to change any settings in your router? Im using an asus RT-AX58U . I just set starlink up today (9/19/2023) and am capping speed at 150ish.
Clearly, this man knows his stuff. Another valuable video.
Thanks for sharing
I live on the Oregon coast. I was part of the Starlink Beta release. Was on the list for a year before they shipped the first systems. Took me 20 mins to install it and turn it on. I was constrained about where I could put the antenna and had to put it on the ground at first. Had about 20% obstructions from tree tops. Still got 150 to 300 mbps down. Best I've had is 401 mbps. But had frequent obstruction-based outages that lasted 1 to 15 seconds. Nonetheless, streaming was not impacted enough to piss me off. Live calls and video conferencing was a bit of a problem. Recently raised the antenna and have no obstructions and that problem evaporated. I'd gnaw my feet off before I gave up my Starlink.
Starlink in Central Tx here. Our cable company stops a block away. Typical speeds are 40d/15u. Not wonderful and similar to wireless internet here but we wanted reliability and are happy with it!
Mine will be delivered in a few days. Very informative video. Thanks for letting us know about the Ethernet adaptor, GREAT advice !!!
Love my Starlink, worked here when Nothing else would. I plugged an Orbi mesh network directly into the router, don't understand why you had to add another gadget in-between. My DL speeds vary, normally in 100-200+mbs range though my mesh network is about 160. I appreciate your YT content!!
Not all starlink routers have a built in Ethernet adapter. I believe that's one of the things they eliminated with the rectangular dishes.
Yeah, I have the original round dishy
Does starlink support wifi6? My orbi mesh is wifi6.
@@Keyboardletters The Starlink routers only have wifi 5
@@pauldoran3990 boo
My brother got Starlink since fiber wasn't available in his area. It worked great with quicker/faster than cable. Earlier this year, we had lots of rolling blackouts in our city since power company had shut down some plants for maintenance and grid would get overloaded quickly (they sent out emails warning customers before hand). After the first blackout, the Starlink antenna died. It was unresponsive when the power came back on. He read about Starlink antenna issues with power outtages in forums, so he had a dedicated power supply/surge protector for the antenna and modem/router. Even with that, the antenna still died. They did send him a new antenna after a few weeks, but since hasn't encountered a black out yet.
Good video, super content. One question, why are you blocking the barn door with your tower brace? That door is not useable anymore. Also, I would pop in a few lag bolts through the horizontal 2x4 into studs within the wall. The battens look like they are not aligned with the studs since they appear to be at 12" o.c. spacing, and wall studs are at 16" o.c. spacing. You'll need to find the studs to hit them with lag bolts. Sorry, but I can't help myself, I am a retired structural engineer trying to justify my existence...lol. Cheers from Canada :)
Looks to me he’s changing the location of the entrance
Here in Florida we have blackouts from bad weather and serious speed reductions. We notice the streaming TV picture degrade and then run a speed test, it is often 3-8Mbs. This has gotten better over time but for a year our top speeds were often in the 80Mbs range. It seems like the more northern locations are doing better than Florida.
Excellent video... we're off the grid and use a phone Hotspot to access internet on our laptop ... yes, it's Dark Ages. We're switching to Starlink. You said you would post a video in a "couple of weeks" on connecting up the Starlink Dish system but didn't find it among your videos. This is what I was able to follow: Starlink Dish to Starlink Router to separately purchased Starlink Ethernet Adaptor ($25) for the purpose of bypassing WiFi issues and finally to a separately purchased TP-Link Router. Do I have this right? If you could do the video, I'm sure many of us would like to see it. Please let us know what TP-Link Router model you are using and why. Just tested speeds DL: 4.60 MBps and 3.02 MBps; UP: 0.00 MBps and 0.12 MBPS Thats it, we're done with the Hotspot and getting Starlink. Looking forward to seeing your follow-up video on Starlink.
Thanks for your info, was on a waiting list here in WV. I look forward to anything going up at more that 700kbs and 6mbs down. I will take your advice and try the ethernet adapter and use my existing distribution system. At my home only DSL or cell is an option and it sucks. The cable company will not run our street because at the time they were installing the density was too low. 15 years and 40 houses later they still say for cable access we need to pay $70,000. Hard to complain to a state sponsored monopoly, but that's what WV did to us.
Thanks
Love, love, love Starlink! (And LOVE your videos!) We live rural too and Starlink has been a Godsend especially after using ALL the other satellite services, which were completely unbearable. Now, I am working remotely from home and must have reliable service. Lately, I have been dropping some calls and so I CANNOT wait for you to release the video of your set up. (please hurry) I know my recent issues are NOT a starlink problem and I get it that my set up needs help, but I need your excellent step by step video so that I can do it right the first time. Thanks again for all you do, your videos have helped me with a so many household problems and I could not be more grateful! P.S. This is the very first time I have ever left a comment for a UA-cam video EVER, even though I'm sure I've watched a million! Thank you!
This is the most helpful Starlink video I have found. I'm moving to a rural area and had concerns.
Good stuff. I just got Starlink a month ago. At first, I was getting a lot of the "slow downs," etc, that some other users have reported. After watching this video, I completely upgraded my network and put the Starlink router in bypass mode. Since then, I've had zero issues with performance.
Can you also do an update on the Tmobile internet service you have? Your videos are very helpful.
wow, your starlink is 5 times faster than my wired internet. I didn't know they were so fast now. Not going to switch as it would cost a lot more but that's still pretty good.
@SilverCymbal, I believe the true internet speed test would be measured using something like Okla Speedtest where it measures between you and the source of the internet. The SL App is measuring between you and the Satellite. But doesn’t take into account their ground station, and furthermore their connection to an ISP.
I've had Starlink since March 2021. After having to suffer using my cellphone's hotspot for the year prior due to our office shutting down for Covid, Starlink couldn't have come at a better time. Took me all of 90 minutes from unpacking the box to connecting to the service. Since then, other than the few times there have been major network outages, I have had no issues. My kids could stream and game on their computers, while my wife and I watched movies in the living room. I know some haven't had the "success" I've had, but I can't imagine what life would've been like if this didn't come along when it did. Traditional satellite internet is all we had before, with their ridiculous data caps that would max out in the first week of the cycle and slow speeds.
I just got one, I pointed it up and it works 10000 times better than what I had before. I am the happy.
We recently got it here in Alaska. When it works it’s the fastest I’ve ever seen but it’s spotty and has lots of interruptions. I have a clear view of the sky but it still says I have obstructions. Overall it’s great for areas that don’t have internet.
This was a great insight to this Starling newbie. I want to suggest you move the tower brace you have behind you to a position above the barn door mechanism so you could still operate those doors when you need the. It makes no obvious sense to install the brace in a way that blocks the doors from opening.
I didn't discuss this until a later video. Those doors are real, but screwed shut to gain some wall space in the garage and by doing so they also stopped mice getting in.
Great information! Thank you for this honest info. My fixed wireless drops almost daily. I've just reserved my Starlink.
There is no dedicated heater inside the dishes. Videos dismantling the dish have shown this. The heat comes from the antenna (s) and how much power they use which is variable based on need.
The dish will never point entirely the other way as mentioned in the video that some people reported that, which from this video where the dish is now (north) and where the tall trees are (assuming that is this the dish's south) because starlink services cannot interfere with other providers sending their signal from that angle. They will always point somewhat north in North America.
Did you really attach the tower to the building so that it blocks the large sliding door ? Maybe that's temporary ..
Hello, at 3:17 in your video you say you are going to post a video about linking your Starlink directly with Ethernet cable and another router. I don't see that video? Help I am at the point I need to do this. I just bought Starlink because we also live in country, we love it. We also live in a shipping container house and need to connect to some boosters. Maybe Eeros but would love a video on how you did your system. Am I missing it??
We had a person move our starlink under the front of our trailer because it started raining and I didn’t realize it for two days because it still worked great. We were in West Yellowstone Montana. That made be a believer.
I live above the arctic circle in the north of Sweden. I got the Starlink Residential and pay 69 bucks a month. I have the Ethernet adapter for my main rig and two extra nodes. I have around 200-250 mbps on the Ethernet and 100-200 mbps on 5Ghz WiFi. I’m really happy and impressed with Starlink so far.
If your bills like mine they charge you around 33% of misc. communication taxes to that inexpensive quote and then it becomes expensive. It’s ridiculous.
I don’t have star link, but your video, as usual, is very informative! 👍
My dish moved, now I have more obstructions. It’s difficult because I’m on the the wrong side of a hill. It’s frustrating and I need to get some sort pole mount like you.
That stinks, I was shocked when it happened since I didn't think think satellite system could change. Watch my other video if you haven't it might not be for everyone, but I just saw another complete tower for $200 with all the brackets. So they come up used but often in amazing condition: ua-cam.com/video/qZKU5c6qlH8/v-deo.html
Hi. Nice explainations.I bought a TP-Link AX55 to link to the Starlink router using the Bypass on the Starlink router. Works so fine. Have a nice day. Hello from brussels, BELGIUM.
I’m in rural area like you no cell connection. I have a local cable less internet 90 a month ..had to put little dish in a 150 foot oak to get signal. So far works good. Neighbor has Starlink loves it. I don’t understand how you expanded Wi-Fi over your property so you get better coverage,,,COULD YOU PLEASE DO A VIDEO
NH. here, no cable offered and never will be.
Just got Starlink today and running it from my deck. Works, but need to get it on the roof ASAP. Many tress in my way but it's a massive improvement over DSL fro CC, who I hate.
Hello @SilverCymbal, I was wondering if you have created the follow-up video that you talked about making at the 3:11 minute mark in this video (99% of Starlink owners don’t know how to boost their speed), showing your connection and set-up with your own TP-Link Router to Starlink, using the $25 Starlink Ethernet Adapter? Thank you in advance.
Best Starlink video I’ve seen! Thank’s for all the tips, I just ordered mine today! 👍
I just purchased Starlink two days ago and I bought the ethernet adapter just because it's one less thing to worry about when diagnosing connection issues. I haven't got my system yet but I intend to use it for gaming and if it doesn't work out I'm sending it back.
I have just ordered mine here in the UK so I shall test the system and report however, since I will probably mount the receiver on the roof of my solar shed, I am in doubt wether to connect the Ethernet adaptor to the house and live my Victron system relying on the StarLink WiFi since they both live in the same building or instead do the reverse and hard connect to the solar shed where may Micro Grid is and use another access point in the house. Obviously option one would be the easiest one so I'll have to try that first unless I receive better ideas from this channel. Just for the records I have a land line with Sky but it's providing me with a ridiculously 10Mb/s when I'm lucky and they are charging me £55.00 a month so I've decided to give them the elbow. 🙏Thanks for sharing your discoveries that will certainly help us all obtaining a better performance of the StarLink System
I can't seem to find the follow up video mentioned giving detailed instructions of your router and system. Could someone point me in the right direction?
Mine is on order and I'm looking at where I'll be mounting the dish. I have a question: what is the weight of the dish?
Thanks for the great content! Can you provide a link or point me toward that glass-front wall rack you show at 3:03? It's such a clean setup, I'd love to do something similar, but I can't seem to find any racks that shallow.
I find that the auto heating mode only kicks on when the snow/ice starts affecting the signal, so few minute outages are common in winter storms.
How's the T-Mobile service in comparison? Speed/reliability/caps specifically. It's less than half the price.
Yes, tmobile is still fantastic. I would recommend that as a main solution if you can get it without any hesitation.
Thanks for the info. Im not super far out of town but my only option is fixed wireless and it has become abysmally slow to the point I canceled and have nothing but my cell phone. I am considering paying the $99 to wait. The monthly fee is only $20 more than my 7mbps connection I had lol.
I Have To Ask.... Isn't That a Sliding Door Behind Your Tower and With That 2x4 Brace and Conduit Now Severely Limiting The Opening of Your Door... ?
Wow! You put a lot of time and effort intot he video. Lots of great info. I'll be traveling in a camper with Starlink internet, and my cellphone as a hotspot for emergencies.
I would say ping and jitter is more important than bandwidth (speed). Of course everyone wants the fastest speeds to download everything faster or so many people can say stream different things at once without noticing an impact. However for real time tasks, gaming and video calls being the big one these days, ping is everything. While actually playing an online game, very little data is actually being transferred, something around 100-300kbps is typical. Having huge spikes in latency however can be noticeable and more impactful then slow speeds. Stable steady ping (low jitter) is key.
Agreed. No point in having a fast car if the transmission is always slipping.
@@aguyandhiscomputer Agreed... have a quick car that doesn't even have a transmission. 😉
I have starlink and I'm a gamer. I almost never have issues.
What #s are good?
Live in Northern NH waiting for my starlink business package to arrive soon, you prefer tplink router over linksys-asus or netgear?
What about wiring ethernet ports throughout your house that are connected to the router? Would direct wire connections help get higher speeds?
I just ordered Starlink. I live in the desert and we get high winds up to roughly 65-70ish mph. I need to mount my Starlink on the roof, but after looking through the Starlink mounting instructions and reading that mounts are not for high wind speeds/tornado/etc. weather, I am not sure what to do. I've been digging around the i-net, and as far as I can tell, I think I will be fine. Any suggestions or opinions would be very appreciated. *Your video is very helpful and I appreciate the info you shared!*
I have mine on the ground in the yard with a couple 12 inch nails/spikes through each hole in the base. Works good we get up to 60-70 mph winds.
Great info. Moving to new area without cable internet option. On wait list for Starlink and hoping it will become available soon.
Wow. Youre amazing! Thank you. That was thr most helpful video yet! Can you tell us more about your tower? I need that!!
i have been a starlink user since 3-15-21, i was a better than nothing beta user... here in northern michigan i have noticed that speeds here started around 250-350mbps download with 20-40 up... now a days we average 150-200mbps down-20-40 up... i still use the good old gen 1 round dishy still holding up well even almost 3 years in.... strange thing tho... lol the gen 1 routers have cat5 port so i never had to deal with the wifi issues i heard so much about. got the routher plugged into a netgear switch and it runs to 2 routers on my property giving the whole internet
wow mate u packed a lot of info in there - well done. I was hoping to hear more about adding that other router thing tho.
From one IT guy to another, thanks for posting. As we know, the big trick is getting them to listen 😂
Is there a follow up video discussing the set up using the extra routers?
That is a very interesting video, thanks for taking so much trouble. One question, any idea of the latency speed of your set up please?
I live in North West France in a very rural area. The internet reception is CR*P so hence I am looking at Starlink. Like many people who have similar connection problems I also make how to videos for UA-cam. The last 18 minute video I made took me over 5 hours to upload!!!!
So I need to do something about this. Plus I have a stone built house and some 25 meters away a stone built office and I need internet connection in both. From my research so far I have come up with a pole mounted antenna on the office outer wall above roof height then a feed into the office and from the office via an existing underground ethernet cable (via an ethernet adapter) into the house.
Does that sound like it might work? Any help or suggestions would be gratefully received.
Absolutely ridiculous to not have an Ethernet port out of the box.
95% of users don't even know what the ports are for
Get the Gen 3 router. It has 2 ports out.
Mini does
Great video! You mentioned at 3:03 you would do a follow up video on your setup. Is that still in the works?
I am in the process of getting Starlink. I want to connect an Ethernet hub (with Ethernet cables to about six devices) to the Starlink router thinggy. Can I do this directly using the Ethernet adapter, or must I add an additional router in line?
Amazing video sir I live in an area with no internet providers and starlink just notified me it’s available in my area
If you're having trouble with rich HTTPS websites like FB or eBay it's typically an MSS issue. If you are using your own router, set your MSS down to 1420 and see how that changes things.
Since you have two connections, why not get a VPN to somewhere else, then route everything through either SL-->VPN or 5G-->VPN and see if things behave the same over both. If so, it's not an SL problem. Likely though you'll find both links have an issue, so set your MSS down and watch things work. You can then turn off routing via the VPN and see it still works.
I would still keep the remote VPN so no matter which carrier you're routing through, your IP stays the same, port forwarding bypasses the lack of that functionality in the CGNAT they both use.
I see you have a giant lightning rod attached to your house, but no bonding at or around the base. As a radio station owner and someone who has tower sections near to housing as well, I can tell you it's only a matter of time before that sucker gets a lighting strike..and it'll be devastating if you aren't bonded.
brrrrr Feeling cold just watching you. T-shirt? 🥶😆 I am new to Starlink, installed it a few days ago, and loving it. I am living in rural Ireland and I work from home. Good internet is crutial, happy to have invested into Starlink,would do it again!
@silvercymbal What type of router did you use, and I could not find the vid with the setup. Could you provide a link?
How do you use both the T-Mobile and star link internet? Is one a manual back up or is it automated?
There are routers that can take multiple internet connections and either failover, or “load balance” between them… I use a Ubuiqity Dream Machine Pro, but that’s an entire echosystem with switches, wifi access points etc
Ok - Great Video and Content. So like you I live in the woods, run a video conferencing reseller and have tried every darn way to maximize internet access without wireline service available in any way (fiber, dsl-copper, coax, carrier pigeon). I like you have evolved from every dish provider to the 4LTE/5G guys and their resellers in the past 30 years. First - thanks for telling people they need to get the network behind the router right. I use Ubiquiti behind both our properties and at family where somehow I have been deemed IT support, even if I only signed up to love and take care of their daughter (my in-laws). Ubiquiti has been fantastic! I digress. I too have t-mobile for $70 as backup - but I use a second cellular radio (MOFI) with a T-mo sim because there is/was no way to get a reliable ethernet connection out of that box and avoid double NAT issues etc. Has this changed? How do you guys integrate the t-mobile can as an automatic failover or second internet service to the house network? One guy says dream machine will do that - I agree, but not without a ethernet port - unless he hacked the box (trash can unit) he got from them right?
Thanks for the content. Going full time RVing in 2 weeks this great info.
I am confused by the section where you talk about the satellite rotating itself. Is this a feature of a newer generation? I got my system secondhand and it only came with the dish and two routers, no stand. If I buy the pivot stand will it optimize its angle? I believe I have Gen 2
Gen 3 doesn't have the motors anymore
what do you mean north east? in the northern hemisphere they are supposed to be pointed straight north, then the movement of starlink antenna is to align for latitude