Starlink

[JethroB]

I received this email from StarLink today. $130

You have the opportunity to be one of the first to try the new Starlink Mesh WiFi Router! The Starlink team has developed a mesh router to help wirelessly extend your Starlink WiFi network throughout your home and provide a more reliable connection wherever you need it.

 

[truckdiagnostics]

I do believe i answered my own question, which was happens when you shut the wifi off, how do you get into the router? Ethernet adapter cable came. Networking the starlink router then leaving the starlink's wifi on bothers me. Yes you can shut it off but when you turn it back on you will have to set it up again does not appear to be a big deal(they make you do a factory reset). To get to there speed test and settings and what not you go to the app on your phone go to setting it has you log on through the internet then you can get to what appears to be everything that is available when connected to the router wirelessly. It is kinda spiffy. Is there a way to get into the starlink router off it's ip address?

 

[BigBlue1]

The Starlink controller (what the app connects to and where stats are accessed) is found at the following address:

Name: dishy.starlink.com
Address: 192.168.100.1

 

[BigBlue1]

I received this email from StarLink today. $130

You have the opportunity to be one of the first to try the new Starlink Mesh WiFi Router! The Starlink team has developed a mesh router to help wirelessly extend your Starlink WiFi network throughout your home and provide a more reliable connection wherever you need it.

What are the details of their mesh system? How many nodes, what is the coverage area, and how does it connect to the system and do backhaul? Seems like it is on par with price of other decent mesh systems (like Orbi and Deco) so if it connects easily it may be worth it. But there are a lot of good 3rd party setups out there.

Rob

 

[LittleBill21]

What are the details of their mesh system? How many nodes, what is the coverage area, and how does it connect to the system and do backhaul? Seems like it is on par with price of other decent mesh systems (like Orbi and Deco) so if it connects easily it may be worth it. But there are a lot of good 3rd party setups out there.

Rob

what kind of details are you looking for. each node is prolly 130 bucks, it nothing more then a 5ghz with 2 radio's one for backhaul and one for normal communication....

 

[BigBlue1]

Was just curious how it compared the known mesh systems and whether it had dedicated backhaul channel. At $130 per node, that is probably a fair amount more expensive. I think my Deco M9 Plus 3-node mesh system was under $200.

 

[ponytug]

Based at how much slower the router is running the speed test compared to running a speed test through it, I wouldn't want to bet on the mesh performance, but I would love to be wrong.

All the best,

Peter

 

[LittleBill21]

Based at how much slower the router is running the speed test compared to running a speed test through it, I wouldn't want to bet on the mesh performance, but I would love to be wrong.

All the best,

Peter

idk this router, but you should never run a speed test using the hardware the router itself uses. because the cpu may be slow causing performance issues to generate traffic.

simply use fast.com and call it a day.

mesh performance can be good, its not half duplex in mesh mode. but speed is still determined by antenna strength noise floor, etc...

 

[ponytug]

@LittleBill21 I agree, but that's not the way Starlink does it, and the fact that Starlink's own internal speed test bogs the CPU suggests to me that the CPU is close to maxed out, which is why I bring it up, as the base router will be doing front and back channel work for mesh operation. Lots of vendors make it work, so it is doable. I am just not sure that this system will handle it well. Again, I would love to be wrong.

All the best,

Peter

 

[LittleBill21]

@LittleBill21 I agree, but that's not the way Starlink does it, and the fact that Starlink's own internal speed test bogs the CPU suggests to me that the CPU is close to maxed out, which is why I bring it up, as the base router will be doing front and back channel work for mesh operation. Lots of vendors make it work, so it is doable. I am just not sure that this system will handle it well. Again, I would love to be wrong.

All the best,

Peter

that's not necessarily true. I use router made by mikrotik, that have the ability to generate traffic for a Btest, and it does terrible in that regard. but is totally acceptable for normal router use. creating traffic is a significant higher load, then wifi demands ( you can actually see the process loads on tik)