I forgot to look to see if I could type in the dish address on my browser. I did move that dish to mount it on sheet of plywood. As soon as I moved it, the motor started spinning and moving the dish. I thought this was a sign that it was self aligning but when I went inside, the signal was gone. Maybe I didn't wait long enough but I decided to re-install the Starlink router and start again til I got signal. Kept the router in for now until I can confirm the dish will continuously realign.

Are you able to plug your router into the Starlink router?

If so, are you able to make proper adjustments for bridging and/or turning off WiFi?

KOT

That was one of the questions I had when I started this post. So far everyone has suggested not using the Starlink router and installing my own. Still lots to learn I guess

My understanding is the dish is constantly tracking due to low orbit and grid.

Just installed one last Friday. The Starlink router does not support bridge mode and in the same paragraph it says to use you're own router, although unsupported.

It's a "How much do you have." deal....


There's a lot of satellite's to pay for, and the man needs new shoes....LOL

I wanted to bump this to see if anyone had played with Starlink lately.

I have a client who would like to move from rough DSL (with good Eero) to Starlink. Would the plan be to set things up with the Starlink gear, then swap to Eero? Then order the adapter for ethernet to the main switch for the home?

Thanks,
Tom

I am on StarLink right now and I would never go back.

I have the ethernet adapter, feeding my tp-link router, switch then WAPs. Just tested my speed and it is 137 Mbps download and 12 Mbps upload speed.

I am very North near Edmonton, Alberta Canada

You need to order the Ethernet adapter when you order the dish. It comes with a USB adapter to connect the Starlink router to your router. The Starlink router only has a power and USB connector, no Ethernet RJ45 built in. You need to keep the Starlink router in place to power and align the dish, not just for setup but it is always aiming the dish during use. You can put the Starlink router into bridge mode but that does nothing but shut off the Starlink WiFi. Starlink uses CGNAT so even using bridge mode you cannot use DDNS, VPNs, or P2P for remote connections.

I have several customers who say it has been a game-changer. It works exactly as advertised and they love it.

Just a heads up for the installation, you can only use their 75' or 150' cable and you cannot splice it or connect the cables to each other. Their cable is a proprietary USB cable that clicks into their dish and modem, you cannot use your own CAT or coax cables with adapters.

You can splice the cable. It's nothing special. An outdoor rated shielded cat6. I successfully spliced one into an existing CAT5e with no issues. I'm not sure why they decided to use the USB connection instead of RJ45. Likely to try and keep people from modifying the product causing tech support congestion. 🤣

If it is special then you have to buy their special. I am glad to hear it is just CAT under there, that may be important information in the future.

Gen1 was a cat cable. Gen 2 is a USB. Gen 2 comes with 75’ and can be swapped out for 150’. The pro version only has a 90’ and can not be extended