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Journal by khallow
Set up Starlink from my dorm (live in one during the winter months for a seasonal job). So far, the process has been relatively pain-free. I'm running some games to see if there are long term connectivity problems. You know, to be sure. Discuss, I guess.
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Do not use if foil seal is broken.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Monday December 26, @07:18PM (9 children)
I've had fixed wireless two places -- the first went to shit every time the wind blew; the second was rock-solid, but was also a lot closer to the tower. So I'm wondering how atmospherics affect Starlink. Storms and such.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday December 27, @03:18AM (5 children)
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Tuesday December 27, @04:46AM (4 children)
Hopefully good results!
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday December 27, @05:38AM (3 children)
Acquiring the antenna mount and my natural inertia were the primary delays. Earlier today I put the antenna out along with a bit of its 75 feet of cable (~23 meters), plugged in the router on the other end, and ran through some wifi configuration on the cell phone app (which walks you through from antenna placement to wifi setup). Then it just worked.
I presently have three separate devices using it with no serious problems aside from one few second halt in crucial Bee Swarm Simulator management (we just started the Beemas holiday season, the most important season of the year).
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Friday January 20, @07:15AM (2 children)
Interesting roof mount. I'd wondered if anything like that existed, but hadn't got around to looking. (We're planning to replace the roof, so...)
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by fraxinus-tree on Friday January 20, @09:37AM (1 child)
One is pretty much not restricted to Starlink's own mounts, at least from the Starlink side (otoh, the building code and the common sense may have something to say). E.g. mine is mounted on a 6m mast made of steel plumbing pipe that happened to have the exact inner diameter of 36mm. Extremely cheap, strong more than enough and readily available from a vendor 1 km away.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Friday January 20, @05:11PM
Yeah, can be pretty easy to concoct a mast from ordinary materials. I wish when I moved from the Southern Deserts that I'd taken the old TV mast (regular four-legged mini tower) but I already had enough on my plate. Ah well.
Here I've got a half-sized power pole that's already got two abandoned dishes attached to it (pointed in different directions). Main thing is it would need cable buried across the lawn, but that's not so difficult.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 3, Informative) by fraxinus-tree on Friday January 20, @06:25AM (2 children)
Weather impact on Starlink (my own experience): Heavy thunderstorm = 5-15 min of no internet. Heavy snow increases the power consumption from the normal 40W up to 150W, but no real impact on the connection.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Friday January 20, @07:19AM (1 child)
Thank you. We don't get many thunderstorms here (or very short duration), but heavy snow (sometimes outright blizzards) can be a fairly regular issue, depending on the year. (From once a week to once a season.)
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday January 21, @06:07AM
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday December 27, @12:56AM (3 children)
To see if service got better or worse over time.
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(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday December 27, @03:19AM (1 child)
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday December 27, @11:12AM
Make sure to change your Service Address when you move.
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(Score: 2) by fraxinus-tree on Friday January 20, @09:56AM
The service does improve over time, in regard to stability. The few (up to 20) interruptions with few (up to 30) seconds duration per day back in '05 2002 are gone, now we have like few (up to 10) interruptions of less than 2s. The speed constantly varies but I don't have the numbers handy because the speed is not an issue for me.