Who has StarLink or HUGHESNet satellite for internet service?

[Melensdad]

We've been getting more snow. 2 storms from the south. Haven't amounted to much more than a couple inches each snowfall, but the roof has maintained a constant layer of snow for the past 10 days and looks like that may continue.

So no repairs to my current system and no chance for a Starlink install while this weather continues.

I did figure out a couple things about the install.

Current rooftop antenna is on the north end of the house, wire runs OUTSIDE on top of my shingles for about 30', then drops into the attic at a roof vent. That is a weatherproof ethernet cable. It terminates an easily accessible junction box INSIDE my attic. Another ethernet cable runs INSIDE the attic approx 30 feet before it drops down into a wall.

The future Starlink set up will put the antenna next to the point where the current ethernet drops into the house at the vent. That eliminates most of the exposure to the weather and elements outside, and will shorten the outside wire by 30'. We will pull the other end of the wire straight to the room where the current 'gateway' router sits, which eliminates the junction box where the 2 currently installed ethernet cables are joined. So 1 ethernet wire straight from antenna to gateway router.

2 people needed for the install. One on the roof, one in the attic to pull the wire in from the outside.

Once the wire is inside the attic, it should be pretty simple. Disconnect the current ethernet wire from the junction box, tape the Starlink wire to the existing wire and simply pull it down to the room with the new Starlink gateway router. Set the Starlink gateway onto "bypass mode" and connect the Starlink to the my Eero via an ethernet patch cord and my existing Eero WiFi should take over.

I'm thinking no earlier than March of this year.

 

[mbsieg]

We've been getting more snow. 2 storms from the south. Haven't amounted to much more than a couple inches each snowfall, but the roof has maintained a constant layer of snow for the past 10 days and looks like that may continue.

So no repairs to my current system and no chance for a Starlink install while this weather continues.

I did figure out a couple things about the install.

Current rooftop antenna is on the north end of the house, wire runs OUTSIDE on top of my shingles for about 30', then drops into the attic at a roof vent. That is a weatherproof ethernet cable. It terminates an easily accessible junction box INSIDE my attic. Another ethernet cable runs INSIDE the attic approx 30 feet before it drops down into a wall.

The future Starlink set up will put the antenna next to the point where the current ethernet drops into the house at the vent. That eliminates most of the exposure to the weather and elements outside, and will shorten the outside wire by 30'. We will pull the other end of the wire straight to the room where the current 'gateway' router sits, which eliminates the junction box where the 2 currently installed ethernet cables are joined. So 1 ethernet wire straight from antenna to gateway router.

2 people needed for the install. One on the roof, one in the attic to pull the wire in from the outside.

Once the wire is inside the attic, it should be pretty simple. Disconnect the current ethernet wire from the junction box, tape the Starlink wire to the existing wire and simply pull it down to the room with the new Starlink gateway router. Set the Starlink gateway onto "bypass mode" and connect the Starlink to the my Eero via an ethernet patch cord and my existing Eero WiFi should take over.

I'm thinking no earlier than March of this year.

Bob, I think you're getting a little too picky about your installation location. If you have a reasonably open view to the North. As in can you see the sky? starlink is going to work quite well. When I use my starlink at home I put it on the deck on the back of my house. So the house is to the East. 25 ft to the West is a large 80-ft tall tree. Some of the canopy actually goes over the top of the deck. There is a carport 5 ft off the deck to the North. The way we use our mini starlink other than at the cabin is wherever you want to drop it, pointing to the North you just use it. Even when it says the conditions are not optimal, I'm still getting a 50 Meg connection. There is a return window if you're not happy with it.

 

[mbsieg]

We've been getting more snow. 2 storms from the south. Haven't amounted to much more than a couple inches each snowfall, but the roof has maintained a constant layer of snow for the past 10 days and looks like that may continue.

So no repairs to my current system and no chance for a Starlink install while this weather continues.

I did figure out a couple things about the install.

Current rooftop antenna is on the north end of the house, wire runs OUTSIDE on top of my shingles for about 30', then drops into the attic at a roof vent. That is a weatherproof ethernet cable. It terminates an easily accessible junction box INSIDE my attic. Another ethernet cable runs INSIDE the attic approx 30 feet before it drops down into a wall.

The future Starlink set up will put the antenna next to the point where the current ethernet drops into the house at the vent. That eliminates most of the exposure to the weather and elements outside, and will shorten the outside wire by 30'. We will pull the other end of the wire straight to the room where the current 'gateway' router sits, which eliminates the junction box where the 2 currently installed ethernet cables are joined. So 1 ethernet wire straight from antenna to gateway router.

2 people needed for the install. One on the roof, one in the attic to pull the wire in from the outside.

Once the wire is inside the attic, it should be pretty simple. Disconnect the current ethernet wire from the junction box, tape the Starlink wire to the existing wire and simply pull it down to the room with the new Starlink gateway router. Set the Starlink gateway onto "bypass mode" and connect the Starlink to the my Eero via an ethernet patch cord and my existing Eero WiFi should take over.

I'm thinking no earlier than March of this year.

Also, one very easy trick to get a cat5 ethernet Jack where you need it. Get a wireless internet extender, preferably gigabit. That has a CAT5 ethernet port on it. As long as that extender can get the original Wi-Fi, it will relay and change that wireless signal to an ethernet Jack.

 

[tommu56]

Bob, I think you're getting a little too picky about your installation location. If you have a reasonably open view to the North. As in can you see the sky? starlink is going to work quite well. When I use my starlink at home I put it on the deck on the back of my house. So the house is to the East. 25 ft to the West is a large 80-ft tall tree. Some of the canopy actually goes over the top of the deck. There is a carport 5 ft off the deck to the North. The way we use our mini starlink other than at the cabin is wherever you want to drop it, pointing to the North you just use it. Even when it says the conditions are not optimal, I'm still getting a 50 Meg connection. There is a return window if you're not happy with it.

I concur set it up on your deck with the view it needs to see if it works before you commit to the full install.
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