Tuesday April 12, 2022; 12:31 PM EDT
StarLink is an internet service, like Comcast or Spectrum, except it uses a dish to communicate with orbiting satellites which from there connect to the net. As a user, once it's set up, you're just using wifi. I ordered it as a backup for my land-based net connection from Spectrum, which sometimes goes out where I live in the mountains in upstate NY. StarLink is made by SpaceX, which like Tesla, is a company run by Elon Musk. Anyway, I read how simple it was to set up, so I opened the box and put it together myself and it worked. These are my notes from the setup.#- I have a guy who normally does installations on my house, but I couldn't wait so I set up StarLink myself. #
- It's incredible how it unboxes. No instructions, none are needed. Here's what you get:#
- Dish: Three parts, a dish, a stand and a pipe that connects the dish to the stand.#
- A wifi router with jacks for power and a cable that connects to the dish. #
- A 100 foot cable to connect the dish to the router. #
- What I did, what happened#
- Put the dish outside, plug in the router, connect the dish to the router and turn everything on.#
- I didn't get a video, but the dish moves itself around to find the clearest view of the satellite. It's out of a scifi movie. #
- But the app on the iPhone still says Booting.. #
- I imagine it's getting an over-the-air update?#
- Where we're at...#
- I can connect to the wifi from all my devices, they just don't connect to the internet yet. #
- Update: now instead of booting it says searching.#
- Will keep you posted. #
- Gathering data on obstructions. Usually takes 12 hours! It's like a rocket ship. It's got a little software Mission Control built in. #
- It's working. I have it connecting to the internet. Here's the result of a speed test. #
