Starlink

[Torvy]

Well, we have had the dishy for a while now. Even though it is obstructed, I have not had too many problems. A few dropped calls. I'm streaming movies and videos, etc.

Wife tried to work last Friday, but something with their VPN or something didn't work fast enough for her. To be fair, she is impatient and tends to click multiple times when things aren't up to her warp speed. I just got the mount and ethernet adapter. Before I so that, I need to put RJ45 or Keystone adapters on my indoor wiring. I have until a week from Friday to get it all working well. She can be home more if she can have good service out here.

 

[ponytug]

Well, we have had the dishy for a while now. Even though it is obstructed, I have not had too many problems. A few dropped calls. I'm streaming movies and videos, etc.

Wife tried to work last Friday, but something with their VPN or something didn't work fast enough for her. To be fair, she is impatient and tends to click multiple times when things aren't up to her warp speed. I just got the mount and ethernet adapter. Before I so that, I need to put RJ45 or Keystone adapters on my indoor wiring. I have until a week from Friday to get it all working well. She can be home more if she can have good service out here.

Do you have any more information?

• Is your wife's machine wired to a router?
• Does the router try to do DHCP?
• Ping times?
• Download speeds?
• Upload speeds?
• Obstruction percent?
• Frequency of outages less than 2 seconds?
• Outages of 2 seconds and more?

Preferably with data from the app to a phone close to the router, and then speed tests/ping times on your wife's machine for comparison.

All the best,

Peter

 

[Torvy]

Do you have any more information?

• Is your wife's machine wired to a router?
• Does the router try to do DHCP?
• Ping times?
• Download speeds?
• Upload speeds?
• Obstruction percent?
• Frequency of outages less than 2 seconds?
• Outages of 2 seconds and more?

Preferably with data from the app to a phone close to the router, and then speed tests/ping times on your wife's machine for comparison.

All the best,

Peter

None of that. (Well, obstruction is upwards of 8%) She was having problems attaching files to emails. Since it was isolated to her company's server, I'll let their IT guys deal with it if it doesn't work when she returns.

She wanted me to snap my fingers and fix it. There was no opportunity to troubleshoot.

 

[ponytug]

None of that. (Well, obstruction is upwards of 8%) She was having problems attaching files to emails. Since it was isolated to her company's server, I'll let their IT guys deal with it if it doesn't work when she returns.

She wanted me to snap my fingers and fix it. There was no opportunity to troubleshoot.

Ok, got it. That makes sense, and it is on her IT team, and their VPN / cloud / NAS / directory setup. That isn't a Starlink issue.

 

[BigBlue1]

8% obstruction is quite high. Your service would be expected to have issues with non-buffered streaming things like Teams/WebEx/Zoom meetings and other time sensitive downloads/uploads. Buffered streaming like Netflix probably won't have too many issues. Same for things like web browsing.

 

[Torvy]

^working on it. I have the mount, but I need to complete my wiring before I mount it. I expect that will get it above most obstructions. No rush as it does what I need and wife won't be home again for another 8 days or so.

Right now it's just on the ground and running its cord through the front door so I can communicate. Without it, I cannot even make a call or send a text from indoors.

 

[sodamo]

Added Ubiquiti UDM Pro SE to my setup. This gives me Failover for my Starlink from my Mobley.

Pretty good speedtest too

 

[ponytug]

Really nice looking setup! (With great results)

All the best,

Peter

 

[sodamo]

Thanks. Sometimes I wish I’d paid better attention in Networking class. Most of it a mystery when I get it to work.

 

[sd455dan]

Starlink is now @ break even cash flow, rumors it may be taken public eventually.

2 million subscribers and increasing

Elon made a video call while in flight to another in flight aircraft.

Things are definitely moving forward.