Starlink

ocgrant said:
I agree... Looks like with all the Sats going up that the $$$ big money marine customers just got their new flat dishy's...

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So at least modifying the array to lay flat is how they are going to move forward with it. So the mod of disconnecting the motors is totally how they see this going forward. Now we just need to see what there price point is going to be for the rest of use.
 
Curious, as you have used Starlink so far, how much movement do the motors do of the flat antenna? Is it a couple of inches or significant 8 inch plus?
 
FootballFan said:
Curious, as you have used Starlink so far, how much movement do the motors do of the flat antenna? Is it a couple of inches or significant 8 inch plus?
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Mines usually more than a couple of inches, but I think 8 inches or less than the horizontal is the most it has moved. In theory the dish could move in any direction as well. Mine used to reliably go to roughly north with about a 45 degree down inclination. Recently it's sometimes been to the east of north with less down angle, presumably due to more satellites being visible in new orbital planes.
 
FootballFan said:
Curious, as you have used Starlink so far, how much movement do the motors do of the flat antenna? Is it a couple of inches or significant 8 inch plus?
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If your going to use SL on a boat, ultimately you will want to unplug the motor cable and leave the array flat. It is pretty much unusable if you don't re-point it every time you move. But the dish is just under 20" long and the mount is in the center of it. So when it folds it self up that goes almost vertical. Then when re-started, it goes flat and searches for north and then rotates and goes to an angle pointing to the satellite(s). But the array does not stay flat for very long.
 
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@alnav you beat me to it again. Was going to post when Dave was. See you there!
 
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Starlink just recently became available for my home address. Just installed it this weekend, and so far I am impressed. Getting anywhere from 30 - 100 Mbps compared to my ~5 Mbps fixed wireless, which is all I could previously get out here in hillbilly country.

I would love to add it to the boat, but I'm under a covered shed, so I would only be able to use it when I was out and about. Interestingly my GPS antenna works just fine under the shed, but I doubt the same would be true for Starlink.
 
Installed where the TV antenna used to be.

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bfernald0 said:
That's the next step. Going to try it as is for a bit though
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Not tough at all. There are two approaches, disconnecting the motor cable or putting a switch in to disable or engage. Basically drill a 1" hole 5" in from both bottom and side of the back of the dish. see post #144, I posted a pic and a video.
 
ttmott said:
I get this newsletter from Steve Mitchell at Seabits -
Thought you might find his integration with Peplink interesting -
https://seabits.com/using-starlink-with-peplink/?ref=SeaBits-newsletter
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Great article, I am a fan of Seabits and Steve does a good job of testing and explaining things. In this case (admittingly so) his test platform is way larger then most boaters will ever have, but still good information until you get to the SpeedFusion stuff, that may never be needed on a boat, unless it's your office 24/7.

This article is way better then the PepLink webinar, that's an hour of my life I won't ever get back ...
 
One thing I have noticed with Starlink, is the WiFi from the included modem is very weak. Speed drops off considerably at the far reaches of my house. To resolve it, I set up a mesh network using this. Now I get full speed for most of the property, including for the pool equipment in the back yard.
 
bobeast said:
One thing I have noticed with Starlink, is the WiFi from the included modem is very weak. Speed drops off considerably at the far reaches of my house. To resolve it, I set up a mesh network using this. Now I get full speed for most of the property, including for the pool equipment in the back yard.
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The SL wifi router is worthless. But they know that, and is why they offer the ethernet adapter and you can put the SL into bypass mode and not use their router. You can then use your own equipment and treat the SL as if it were a cable modem.
 
bobeast said:
One thing I have noticed with Starlink, is the WiFi from the included modem is very weak. Speed drops off considerably at the far reaches of my house. To resolve it, I set up a mesh network using this. Now I get full speed for most of the property, including for the pool equipment in the back yard.
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I just installed that in my house last weekend. I love the extended coverage I get with them, even very strong signal out to my detached shop, where my previous router(s) (I had a main router then hardwired to an Access Point) couldn't consistently cover.

The only thing I'm not liking is the inability to completely manage my network. TP-Link has dumbed down the UI so much that there isn't much you can do to setup the network how you want. Things like reserved addresses and DHCP settings just don't operate as they should. I'm borderline considering returning, but I do like the extra coverage, so it's tough.
 
I considered that but decided if I needed that level of control, I could install a secondary router for the some few devices that might need more granular control. I can't think of any specific scenarios at the moment.
 
GnrlPatton said:
I just installed that in my house last weekend. I love the extended coverage I get with them, even very strong signal out to my detached shop, where my previous router(s) (I had a main router then hardwired to an Access Point) couldn't consistently cover.

The only thing I'm not liking is the inability to completely manage my network. TP-Link has dumbed down the UI so much that there isn't much you can do to setup the network how you want. Things like reserved addresses and DHCP settings just don't operate as they should. I'm borderline considering returning, but I do like the extra coverage, so it's tough.
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You might want to take a look at the Netgear Orbi mesh. I use the RBR50 and RBS50 satellites. Along with an ASUS AX3000 router with the wifi turned off. Unbelievable coverage, every setting you could ever want.
 
SKybolt said:
You might want to take a look at the Netgear Orbi mesh. I use the RBR50 and RBS50 satellites. Along with an ASUS AX3000 router with the wifi turned off. Unbelievable coverage, every setting you could ever want.
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Yeah, that one was on my list (actually not my list, but Tom's Hardware guide. https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-mesh-router,review-5191.html). I definitely didn't want the Google Nest for various reasons.

I was coming off a Netgear Nighthawk that had problems right out of the gate so I kind of had a bad taste in my mouth with Netgear and wanted something different. I may have to revisit that. The Orbi was also listed as the most expensive option, but I guess you get what you pay for with the TP-Link that I got.
 
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