Extend Starlink Internet On The Farm - LiteBeam M5 Outdoor Long Range Wifi Access Point - 1000 Feet
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- UPDATE (7/21/2024)
I was told the software has gone through some updates that have changed the interface. Also, Starlink has come out with a newer generation of the products. This video is out dated but gives you a basic idea on how I have everything setup. If you need help, reach out to Ubiquiti customer support. I personally can't help you troubleshoot your setup. Thanks for watching!
This video is to demonstrate my specific setup. For your location, you may run into your own challenges.
We have multiple buildings on the property and we needed our Starlink internet to reach another house 1000ft away. We finally found the solution after months of testing.
Here are the products I used for my setup:
Starlink Internet and ethernet adapter can be found on their website. www.starlink.com/
Ethernet Adapter For Macbook:
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Roof Mount For Wifi Extender:
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Both Wifi Extenders - Litebeam M5
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Ethernet Cables (Note: Pick the length) You'll need 2 short ones for indoors and 2 long ones for outdoors.
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Wifi Router For 2nd Location:
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I've probably watched a couple thousand UA-cam videos, and I don't think I've ever commented on one.
Thank You, this worked perfect and was exactly what I needed! This was used to bring internet to my detached office about 500' from my house (thru the woods). I'm getting 87mbs, and can now make wifi calls without dropping the call... Which was a constant issue for the past two years.
I only wish I would have seen this sooner. Thanks again!
I have the same setup for a future project and tested it about a year ago beaming the signal over a mile down to the next closest neighbors property and it worked well. There are a couple other videos how to do this but not to easy to find them. This video was easier to follow in my opinion, than some of the others being that English is your first language. Thanks
Search WISP internet. You will find a lot of them. Even ones I have put up.
Thanks for this. I'm getting 80-100mbps from my remote house 500 meters from the main house.
God bless you man! I have do what you have described and it works!
I have ordered used Litebeam M5 for 40$
Getting ready to run this setup, hopefully all goes well.
Thanks for making this! I just ordered my Starlink. Hoping to also get WiFi in my shop, metal building around 80yrds or so from my house. This may be a little overkill for my needs but very helpful!
ubiquiti nanostations might be for you then
Thank you so much! I’ve been looking for hours for a video like this
Same! I searched all over UA-cam and couldn’t find the setup I wanted… so I just made my own video 😂
this is something im testing soon actually i cant wait for video 2 cause im gonna try my own but maybe go farther like 10 miles i cant wait tbh
You may need a more powerful access point for that distance. Also, speed will fall off with distance.
Thank you for this very informative video!
I'll be using this as a reference when I set up my Starlink with P2P. Do you need a seperate router for the building where the Starlink is? According to their website you have to put their router into bypass mode when you use the ethernet adapter
Thanks for the video! This has somewhat clarified somethings.
But I think it was missing a clearer explanation of the set up on the Starlink side. My understanding is that you just connected the LiteBeam POE (power brick) directly to the Starlink Ethernet adapter, NOT putting the Starlink router on Bypass mode. Is this the case?
I appreciate any input. I have a LiteBeam P2P set up and running for a radio internet connection, and have bought a Starlink to substitute my internet, and still in doubt about the need for a router coming out of Starlink, or having the Starlink router doing all the work without bypassing it.
Cheers
Its a good question iv been asking myself the same… only if we can get someone to answer the question
Please,I need the practical video of the installation and setting sir
Hi
Site A: Starlink (WAN) → Ethernet port connected to the Site A radio (LAN).
Site B: LAN port of the Site B radio → WAN input of the MikroTik router.
Now, explain to me how the router retrieves the connection from the Site B radio. Should I set the port of my MikroTik router to DHCP mode?
Put a 60 foot tower up and it will be over the trees
Plus use your tower for your cell boosters and Tv antenna’s
well would be nice what you do have to do at the Starlink App not just say I did already
Lol I know a guy that used two satellite dishes and a couple of wifi dongles it worked fine over a couple of kilometers.
Does the router you use to connect your wifi devices like laptop, mobile phone, etc.. need to be airmax compatible to work with your litebeam dish?
Your ip address you setup as your mac book was the same as the access ip address as the ubiquiti light beam. That's not correct is it ?
Hello Friend - Happy Saturday- and thanks for making this video - it has been super helpful!!!
Do the PtP Ubiquiti dishes have to be within a certain proximity of the Starlink dish or the Mesh Router?
We have tried to connect the ethernet adapter/mesh router to a Ubiquiti dish that is hardlined via CAT 6 cable about 300 feet away. So we are having connectivity issues to the Point A dish... in close proximity to the Starlink dish & Mesh Router it connects almost immediately -- however 300 feet away --- not working.
Ok I figured out the above -- the answer from the Ubiquit forum is that YES the dish needs to be in close proximity to the Mesh Router ---so it is captured in the "net bubble" of signal strength...
NOW.. we have a NEW new issue...
We have set up 2 sets of Ubiquiti dishes --- First set : Point A --> B .... Second Set: Point C --> D
We tried using a splitter to connect both dishes to the Starlink Ethernet adapter which is connected to the MESH Router ... and that DOES NOT WORK - unfortunately ....
Are you aware of any work-around to that issue???
I think I need to try to connect the two (2) sets of dishes using an ethernet switch -- I will try a 5 port gigabyte ethernet switch and see if that works
I’m just barely keeping a Wi-Fi signal in my garage 70 feet from my house all I need is a little boost some thing I can buy and plug into a wall I have an apple iPad I use in garage everything works fine except when I’m playing games on Facebook it’s ok at first but in two mins. It slows down to a crawl but just on facebook slot games any recommendations I’m just learning computer at 58 yrs old. But I can write down your answers, thank you ahead of time!
Can we be friends?
Is the garage and the house on the same electrical panel/ meter? If so this should work: Amazon TP-Link Powerline Wi-Fi Extender (TL-WPA7617KIT) - AV1000 Powerline Ethernet Adapter with AC1200 Dual Band Wi-Fi. If not do you have RG6 COAX running from the house to the garage? If so this will work: Hitron Bonded MoCA 2.5 Adapter (2-Pack) | 1 Gbps Ethernet, 2.5 Gbps Over existing Coax Cable. --- and --- BrosTrend AX3000 WiFi 6 Access Point, Wall Plug Wireless Access Point
awesome. thank you for share. i almost get a wifi rage extender. my other location is no that far from the starlink router maybe 200 ft. but the signal is to weak. if i want to send the signal to other location like 1000 ft. just need to get one more extender antena or need 2 more? thank you in advance
Great vid! but your cell yagi is making my ocd flare up!
Please help me. I did everything so the starlink main router ethernet goes to the black box and the other goes to the antenna how about the router?
Hi great video, thanks so much. tell me, can this be setup without hard wiring the LAN cable to the router? Meaning, can it be done without the adapter, and have just a wireless connection? Any help would be usingful. Thanks
yes, you can use a router as extender to catch the wifi from starlink, and use the router LAN ports as LAN output.
I am considering this setup. Can you use separate passwords for both router locations
Yes. I did that myself.
how far will just the basic 1 dish and router go?????
Hello,
I have purchased (2) Ubiquiti LBE-M5 units to transmit wi-fi between houseboats approximately 75'-100' away from each other.
While these units may be excessive for my application and distance, I would like to use them if possible.
For reference: my Wi-Fi source on my Houseboat will be Starlink using the wi-fi adapter and on the other end (2nd Houseboat) an Amplify Mesh System.
I have a few set up questions: Output Power Setting, Frequency Setting and should they point directly at each other of offset a bit?
Any other input would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
I typed into the correct 192.168.1.20 into google browser. it will not let me into the ubiq program to set my lt beam up. I do not have the MACBOOK
Can you connect 3 repeaters or 4 ? Thanks
When I power everything on. the dish is shutting off my starlink?
Can each location have its own router?
I have a gate that is 375 ft from the house. Can one ORBI reach the gate? Do I just need one? Or would I need the main one at the house and one at the gate?
The Ubiquiti U7 Outdoor AP can be mounted outside and pointed towards the gate and should reach using the built in directional antenna. Keep in mind that wifi is bi directional so whichever is at the gate needs to be able to communicate back to the AP at the house.
We bought one of the starlink mesh routers but its just a bit too far to get a good signal to the router. Will this work for me and what would be different or what products would I need
with the setup?
What a bunch of complicated b.s. I was intersted in this but now I realize my wifi is just fine
Lol! Well it’s not for everyone.
@@DJ.Sparks.Studio i wish i had the patience that you do to figure this stuff out and make a great video about it. Thanks for your efforts
I ve had this setup over a year and still not conneced at the shop. once door is closed I loose my wifi signal. so only my house wifi is working.
Where you have this setup you need to ensure that the 2 Ubiquiti radios are line of site to each other. Preferably located outside and confirm they are indeed connected to each other. RF doesn't like to travel that well through metal (assuming the shop door is metal and 1 of your radios is located inside?) Starlink (Ethernet Adapter or Ethernet Port on switch/3rd party router connected to Starlink) ---> Ubiquiti POE Power Adapter LAN Port ---> Ubiquiti POE Power Adapter POE Port ---> Radio 1 Radio 2
Thank you for this, I will be applying this to mine and my neighbors Houseboats in a marina environment. Question can I use my own router in structure "A" and the Starlink provided router in structure "B" by way of the Starlink Ethernet adapters at both structures. If so, would configuration and programming be any different? Thanks again
you only need starlink ethernet adapter with the starlink original router (gen 2, the square dish with legs). it gives you a RJ45 port to connect starlink to. everything else are just your normal network settings.
Why not use Airmax AC as the year is 2022 at the time of your making this video?
Is it possible to have a setup where a starlink dish would be at one location, and then beam that signal by dish to a home, and then connect a second home perhaps by CAT 5 or some other method t4hat is about 300 feet away from the first home. In other words have an off site Starlink, sending the signal to two different homes.
Yes this is possible as long as house A or B (or both) can see via line of site to where the offsite Starlink dish is located. Look into unifi device bridge pro and some routers or items from their UISP line for Point to Multi-Point
When you plug in the ethernet cable to the laptop, for the initial setup, do you plug it out after you complete the setup? I mean, will the starlink router transmit this signal, or my laptop would always have to be plugged with ethernet cable?
If you have it setup properly, the 2nd router at the 2nd location will transmit wifi so all your devices will connect wirelessly like a normal router. During the initial setup you will need to use some ethernet cables.
Are both router suppose to be changed to access point?
Only the second home will need to set as an access point.
Product list? I want to do the same thing you did to get internet into shop/office. It is only about 200’ from house. Do you know of better options for that close?
Honestly I'd recommend the setup I mentioned in the video. I've tested a few different brands and this was the best setup with the fastest speeds (also the cheapest). If you want to match my setup...I have all the products listed in the description.
will the litebeam work with other brand router such as tp?
I believe so.
Does this solution work with the first generation of Starlink systems?
I believe so.
Yes it will, It just needs a internet connection to send from one to the other.
I purchased all the equipment you listed. I setup the m5's. I plugged the '2nd' location into the router you listed and setup password and ssid etc. I see the network and can connect to it but no internet connection. This leads me to think i need to setup the router as an access point. I've watched your video countless times but i can't find where you setup the router as an access point. Also, the firmware has since been updated since your post. The interface is much different. I've searched online for the router settings but can't for the life of me find anything on setting the rought to be an access point. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm dead in the water at this time...
Thanks for letting me know about the firmware changes. I'll make a note in the description so future viewers know.
Hello, did it work ?? I can help
I need help @@bonifacebundi9865
I just set up mine just like in the video however I am getting no Internet. Any suggestions at what went wrong? I changed my router to an access point and did everything exactly to the videos. I even rechecked each M5 to make sure they were still changed correctly. Help please!
Maybe try rebooting the router or Starlink? If that doesn’t work I’d reach out to tech support and see if they can help with the last steps .
Did you have to change any settings on the starlink?
If there's 3 buildings, would you recommend an antenna at the central/tallest location and 2 stations on the other buildings? Or 4 litebeams, 2 from house A to B, and 2 from A to C?
I’d probably say the 2nd option but it’s hard to say since I haven’t tested 3 locations yet. I plan to in the next year. I’d recommend reaching out to the sales team or support team that makes the device and asking what’s the best option.
@@DJ.Sparks.Studio you can have 1 access point and multiple stations connected to the main internet. this is called point to multipoint,
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@@richacevedo660 It depends on the distance and beam headings. 23dBi is a very sharp beam.
@@richacevedo660 Also, you will likely use an omnidirectional antenna for the AP with a beam width of 90 degrees, more or less.
What ethernet power brick did you purchase? I don't see that in the list of supplies. Thanks!
That’s on Starlinks website.
They only offer the Ethernet adapter in the store, is there a certain ethernet power brick you would recommend to get from Amazon ?
I can get to the set up page putting in the IP address but no page will come up?
I’d recommend reaching out to support. Might be an issue with the device or there’s a step missing.
Is there something in mac to enable going to the ip address. Also is your wife connected durning this process?
Wi-Fi
Does you computer recognizes this like a new network or just one network throughout your whole property?
Devices recognize it as a new network at the 2nd location. The range at the 2nd location will depend on the antennas on the router.
Change the country to the country you are in. That tells the device what frequencies and power levels it can legally use. If you are in US, you need to set it to US
Good point! Thanks for mentioning that!
I want to do this
Vincent could you tell me about how long it took to get your Starlink kit once you paid for it to be shipped? Mine is still pending and I’ve paid for it in full. It’s been two days always
I believe it took a week for it to arrive after making the payment. When it comes to shipping, it really depends on the location. The timing will vary for each person.
@@DJ.Sparks.Studio Ah i see, well thank you for the fast response. I appreciate it Vincent!
do you use the split ghz or turn off starlink router options?
I have the split ghz setup at my house.
So, did you put the Starlink router in bypass mode? Or, just leave it on and split it to 2.4 and 5 ghz mode?
@@paulbrunner1818 I have it split but I don’t believe that should matter for extending the WiFi with a separate router.
I would like to copy this set up. I am new to UA-cam and dont see the description. Sorry to be a bother.
Here are the products I used for my setup:
Starlink Internet and ethernet adapter can be found on their website. www.starlink.com/
Ethernet Adapter For Macbook:
amzn.to/3QYJQVQ
Roof Mount For Wifi Extender:
amzn.to/3ASPwLx
Both Wifi Extenders - Litebeam M5
amzn.to/3CTE43V
Ethernet Cables (Note: Pick the length) You'll need 2 short ones for indoors and 2 long ones for outdoors.
amzn.to/3QYzd5p
Wifi Router For 2nd Location:
amzn.to/3PZuYoS
How mush does it cost ????
I talk about the cost in the video.
The 5 ghz wifi will give you faster speed than the 2.4 ghz wifi..
as long as you can provide the proper line of sight and fresnel zone
there are People who do this for the first time
Please do not turn off 5 gig network that is not the same as 5G cell.
That and many other things in video as well.
Najua mko huku
that's impossible for a non tekkie
No sir. These usually come preset so the only thing you should have to do is plug and play.
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