Anyone extend Starlink?

Alex Seefried

May 06, 2021 22:43

I live in Maine in the woods. My only option for getting broadband to my house and outbuilding is Starlink. The Starlink dish and router are limited by the length of the proprietary interconnecting cable to 100’ apart. In addition, the dish must have an unobstructed “cone of visibility” to track the satellites. Unfortunately, within 100’ of my house, I don’t have an unobstructed cone of visibility due to trees in our neighbor’s yard. I do have a good location with power, but it’s more than 100’ from the house. So, I’m thinking, if I were to set up the dish/router in a clear area, perhaps I could use the Ayrmesh devices to extend WiFi service to my house and outbuilding? Has anyone else done this? Does it sound feasible?

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  mikelopilato

  July 08, 2021 20:15

  That should work. Plug the AyerMesh right in to the Starlink Modem. Set up the Atermesh for DHCP and it should link up just fine.

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  rkelly

  February 17, 2022 11:29

  We just got our Starlink and there is no port to plug into. Suggestions?

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  Bill Moffitt

  April 13, 2022 20:41

  AyrMesh works well with Starlink's older router. The router they are shipping as of this writing (2022), however, does not come with an Ethernet port to plug the AyrMesh Hub into - it is an additional accessory that must be purchased for the router.

  It is our hope that SpaceX will see clear to include an Ethernet port on future versions of the Starlink router; only time will tell.

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  rkelly

  April 13, 2022 22:34

  We just received a new ethernet port for the Starlink square face dish. Cost $20, I will update when we install with AyrMesh

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  Brad Fanshier

  April 19, 2022 16:12

  Working on that today. Yes, if you have one of the newer Starlink Terminals you also have to order the Ethernet adapter. Just got mine last week. I'll let you know how it goes.

   

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  Kaye Caldwell

  June 03, 2022 15:47

  So those of you who have combined Starlink with Ayrmesh - how did it go? How did you set it up and what are the results in terms of distance covered and speed of wifi from the AyeMesh device? I have covered 6 of my 8  buildings with AT&T DSL and ayrmesh, but the speed was horrible. (0.75 mbps DSL). I've now replaced that with an AT&T wireless router and gotten it up to about 4, but I need more than that to stream TV in multiple cabins and hope starlink & Ayrmesh will give it to me! And maybe even get through the trees to my 2 cabins in the woods? Still waiting for the Starlink though, sigh.

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