Starlink

[newbury]

Be careful with TP-Link stuff.
I've several of their powerline extenders.
I set one up as an extender in my Mississippi house that just got fiber a few months ago.
I had the ISP provided router and an ISP provided extender already but was NOT getting a reliable connection on a third floor.
I've about 10 Wyze IP cameras hooked up, monitoring the house.
So I put in a TP-Link extender I had on hand.
All worked fine for about a week. So I left for Virginia.
A week later, after I was in Virginia, got an interruption, everything went down, everything came back up,
ALL the wireless devices latched onto the TP-Link extender instead of the router.
The software for my ISP's router showed all devices hooked up, but none could send to the internet.
Called the ISP, they showed the same. Only solution was to get someone to go in and disable the TP-Link.
Which after a few weeks my BIL did. But he had to turn it back on to get all the cameras to come up.
All is working now but I need to reconfigure all the cameras to get the TP-Link out of the picture.
I've read of others having problems with TP-Link devices mixed in with other networking equipment,

 

[scootr]

Sounds like a mess. I read only good reviews so far. I'll dig deeper into this. Starlink offers their own mesh but reviews said it lacked in features that diminished signal performance. Have you heard anything about the Starlink mesh router for $130. I have 8 Zosi cameras around the home also but I have no need to get them online. My ring 2 ring doorbell cameras are monitored on my phone. I don't have a smart house.
I do want to hardwire my PC for gaming. I play Warthunder every night while chatting with friends around the world. I've been doing this over a cellphone connection for years. I'm really looking forward to a better connection.

 

[scootr]

Starlink shipped notice received !

 

[BigBlue1]

Be careful with TP-Link stuff.
I've several of their powerline extenders.
I set one up as an extender in my Mississippi house that just got fiber a few months ago.
I had the ISP provided router and an ISP provided extender already but was NOT getting a reliable connection on a third floor.
I've about 10 Wyze IP cameras hooked up, monitoring the house.
So I put in a TP-Link extender I had on hand.
All worked fine for about a week. So I left for Virginia.
A week later, after I was in Virginia, got an interruption, everything went down, everything came back up,
ALL the wireless devices latched onto the TP-Link extender instead of the router.
The software for my ISP's router showed all devices hooked up, but none could send to the internet.
Called the ISP, they showed the same. Only solution was to get someone to go in and disable the TP-Link.
Which after a few weeks my BIL did. But he had to turn it back on to get all the cameras to come up.
All is working now but I need to reconfigure all the cameras to get the TP-Link out of the picture.
I've read of others having problems with TP-Link devices mixed in with other networking equipment,

I wouldn't necessarily fault the company TP-Link. Wifi extenders are notoriously problematic. Mirroring a wifi network and halving your bandwidth (due to needing to send & receive over the same channel) are not ideal.

I've had other TP-Link devices, including the Deco M9 Plus mesh system, which are excellent.

 

[cqaigy2]

Is it true what I read that the dish will mainly look north?

For me it point mostly north. Maybe if you are south of the equator, it points mostly south? I wonder if you are at lat 50 or so if it points southish.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Mine points north.

 

[scootr]

I'm at 33.48ish
North is good - clear of the big trees shading the south side.

 

[sodamo]

I’m still using Ver 1 Eero routers and happy with them. I do not put SL on bypass.

Yes, Dishy points North.

 

[BigBlue1]

I'd say the SL dish "tilts towards the north" versus "points north". If you watch the OP's video you can see the dish in its final position with a slight tilt towards the north. It is more horizontal than vertical in orientation.

 

[scootr]

Up and running! Starlink box arrived yesterday - was easy to set up. Hardest part was finding and enabling iphone permissions for the set up.
Speeds are as good as my sometimes 5g cellphone but nothing crazy. In fact the upload speeds are slower than the AT&T cellphone. Still waiting for the Ethernet cable adapter. Hopefully that makes an significant improvement.