With BT copper cable totally useless I went mad and ordered a Starlink ,now the nightmare of understanding all this techie stuff.Anyone fitted a starlink themselves it all looked so simple ,disc and router what could ho wrong.Now on the Fb site They keep saying about about other Flippin things needed,
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happycows
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- Location
- North Devon Cornwall border
Very close to going that route. Interested to hear your thoughts.
What exactly extra do you think is needed?
Wall mount is about only extra I was thinking was required.
What exactly extra do you think is needed?
Wall mount is about only extra I was thinking was required.
I installed a starlink for a friend of mine. Dish high up on the gable end of his two storey farm house so he could get a good signal.
Hardest bit was drilling through the cavity wall to run cable to router.
Easy to set up, but might need a booster if there's dead spots in the house.
Hardest bit was drilling through the cavity wall to run cable to router.
Easy to set up, but might need a booster if there's dead spots in the house.
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
If you are unsure with it and don't know anyone who'll set it up for you why not just get it installed by a company, they should explain it all to you too.
Not a big job but at least it should be right.
Dish is on the gable end if roof at the apex so clear line of sight to sky.
starlink router is located in my office and then a cat 5 cable runs a switch that then meshes into my system to distribute signal around house. (Big house with solid stone walls so a couple WiFi repeaters needed)
- Location
- Ceredigion
We don't all need a Farrari to go down the shop
Latest dish no longer needs the rotate option I believe, and new router device?
- Location
- Boroughbridge, york
New shape square dish sat on lawn, cable across patio, running through an ex water pipe hole in kitchen wall.
Will instal it properly on nearby shed roof,running cabling on catenary wire to bed room. Ethernet adaptor connects it to existing mesh system. Works very well.
Mesh base station is too close to the fridge right now so that slows the mesh to about 70mps, connect direct to starlink wifi and it's 170+.
First set up had mesh on top of fridge, that killed the mesh wifi when fridge compressor was running
Will instal it properly on nearby shed roof,running cabling on catenary wire to bed room. Ethernet adaptor connects it to existing mesh system. Works very well.
Mesh base station is too close to the fridge right now so that slows the mesh to about 70mps, connect direct to starlink wifi and it's 170+.
First set up had mesh on top of fridge, that killed the mesh wifi when fridge compressor was running
- Location
- Boroughbridge, york
Wall hole needs a 20mm drill bit at least, plug at dish end of cable is smallest choice, but still quite large
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
The problem is not Starling, or what ever it's called, but the total inability of the younger generation to communicate in understandable written English.
- Location
- Boroughbridge, york
Ping seems stable at 45 ish
Apparently bad pings can happen momentarily when connection moves to next passing satelite
Apparently bad pings can happen momentarily when connection moves to next passing satelite
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Starlink, not Starling. Which part of the perfectly understandable written English are you struggling with?