Starlink

[WoodChuckDad]

My Starlink came today. I barely had time to look at it. But I was impressed with the packaging. I opened it and checked to make sure there was no damage. I still haven’t ordered the roof mount or the starlink pivot mount that I believe I need to go with the S5 roof mount.

 

[LouNY]

SpeedOf.Me Test Result

A speed test of mine this evening, better then my old system but not real impressive.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My home unit came yesterday. Package a little ripped but looked ok inside. Will try to install this weekend.

 

[JethroB]

My Starlink was out for over two hours early this morning from 4:13 till 6:30.

Maybe they had to do a hard reboot. Unplug, count to ten, plug back in. And someone went on a coffee break and forgot the important ‘plug back in‘ part.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

I am planning to do a temp install/test on my starling todaynor tomorrow. How hard is it to move it to another location if this turns out to be a bad choice? Meaning, to repeat the setup and discovery process.

 

[GSVette]

I am planning to do a temp install/test on my starling todaynor tomorrow. How hard is it to move it to another location if this turns out to be a bad choice? Meaning, to repeat the setup and discovery process.

Not hard at all- I moved mine 3 or 4 times before I finally mounted it to the roof of my shop,

I also was using it ‘temporarily’ on the ground while I waited for the roof mount from Starlink. I would stow the dish and bring it in to the shop when we’d head back home at the end of the weekend. Did this for at least a month.

 

[plowhog]

How hard is it to move it to another location if this turns out to be a bad choice?

In theory, very simple. But I moved my antenna to the roof yesterday and am having a very hard time getting the system back on track. Maybe a bad cable, or something else-- not sure.

If it helps, resetting to factory specs (plug/unplug 3x) has *always* worked just fine.

Separately, my SL speeds have been seemingly faster lately. Nice to see!

 

[ponytug]

It will take you longer to move the antenna than go through the unstow/stow routine. It is pretty quick.

All the best,

Peter

 

[stephenh]

Pick up the antenna, walk over to somewhere else, put down the antenna.

 

[plowhog]

But I moved my antenna to the roof yesterday and am having a very hard time getting the system back on track.

Traced my issues to the known SL app issue re: using one phone to config more than one SL system. I was commanding a particular SL router to go into bypass mode. I am connected to that router; the app tells me it reconfigured that router; but I later learn it stubbornly will only issue such a command to the very first SL router that particular iPhone set up. Very confusing.

Last time this "app issue" surfaced, I was in Oregon trying to "stow" my SL RV antenna. But it instead stowed my SL residential antenna in Nevada instead ....