Amazing work. Thank you SO Much for getting me pointed in the right direction. Just got my Starlink two days ago. Signal is awesome, range...um..not so much. I watched your other Mesh video just now. Great stuff and very well explained. You saved me tons of trial and error on expanding the system. Thanks !
Thanks for the information. I used to use UniFi wifi bridges but one died due to water. It ran fine for a few years but the zip-tie hanger broke and the UniFi hung upside down for a winter allowing water to flow down the RJ45 right into the unit. I then went to a TPlink unit due to cost but I do not like the lack of data they provide compared to the UniFi gear plus TPlink does not support VLANs so I cannot put my animal cams on a unique subnet to filter that traffic. Right now I am looking at MicroTik and it seems to do what I want but I do not have their bridge yet. Does this box support 802.1q for VLANs between the bridge units? And, I am not supper impressed with the data StarLink gives so I got the Ethernet adapter as well and put my own router in front of Starlink. Nothing uses the Starlink WiFi because again, I do not like how limited StarLink is on the nerd knobs :)
Good morning. I have ordered Starlink for our farm. The location with the best signal would be on top of our corn crib, about 350-400ft from the house. Can I use one of the bridges off of the Starlink router, then send it to the other with the other mesh routers like yours?
When you are using Mesh equipment, you need to stick with one type of equipment to be one single mesh network. What might be a good fit for what you're describing would be a wireless bridge from the corn crib to your house. You could hook one end of the bridge up directly to the Starlink equipment, point it to the house, and plug the other end into your network (mesh or whatever). I have another video in the Tech playlist where I set up an inexpensive bridge on our farm. We used it for a different purpose, but the concept is the same. Hope this helps!
What mesh system would you recommend for an enterprise application… we need to figure out what mesh gear you would swap out if we were to install ourselves and need to have 50 users on at one time, plus added security benefits.
If you're looking for enterprise mesh and have more enhanced security needs, I like Meraki. You'll spend more but it is more full featured and is more 'bulletproof'.
There are so many variables Can you share camera type and camera settings and how long has it operated before dropping out? There are so many bridges out there but what combination solves the ‘I want to see who is messing with our stuff’….?
I posted this video this week, and filmed it in the first few days of June, so it has been running almost a month and I've not seen a drop yet. On the cameras, any IP based camera will work as long as you have a solid network. Do it in 2 steps: 1- build a solid network that works then 2- add the cameras to the stable network. We use Blink cameras for monitoring our animals, but I don't share in public what kind of cameras i use for perimeter security as it defeats the purpose.
Are you pulling ethernet directly from your Starlink router or thru a third party router. I have an Asus 3 in 1 that I cannot connect to my square dish. It just doesn’t see it. I selected the asus because it has removable antennas and I need to place it in a metal building and coax one antenna to the outside.
I go directly from my dishy (Gen 1 round dishy) to my first TP Link Mesh device. Not sure why your Asus won't connect - it could possibly be a NAT issue, since Starlink is handing out an IP address space that is likely the same as the one your Asus router is handing out. You might try changing your interal IP range to something like 192.168.123.x or something besides the standard 192.168.1 (or 0 or whatever it is using) just to see if that helps. Good luck!
Tried changing the IP address but that didn’t help. I had my kid helping me and it got frustrating so I slept on it. The next day I called him and ran an idea past him and long story short we finally got them to talk. Thanks for your help, it gave us a starting point.
We got the tp link deco set up on our farm using your video ( it took some stumbling- was never able for some reason to get the direct wire method with cat 6 to work ??) anyway we had 5 extenders and all worked amazingly for 1 1/2 years.!!This extender was our next step but… my son ran over our Starlink cord with the mower. I happened to have a back up!! Yay mom . All we did is replace the cord running from dishy to Starlink mesh node. The mesh has yet to work again!! Tried everything with tp link support on phone. Factory resets , new mesh node , switched main deco with another . Nothing. Any ideas? I read something in a forum about these decos maybe have some feature or disfunction concerning a break or loss of service like this? Any ideas? Much appreciated
Aww man! That stinks! It sounds like you've done everything right - the only thing I can think of is that maybe when the mower hit the cord, it could have fried the ethernet interface on the Deco unit. I've never had an issue with extended lack of service. I had one in a box for months once and put it back in service as the main Deco with no issue. Does the dishy still work fine on its own, without the mesh network behind it? The only other thing I could think of would be to install a small switch in-line between dishy and the main Deco. I've had issues with getting a direct connection between them and have had to have a little 5 port switch in there. It doesn't make a lot of sense and I cannot explain 'why', but its worth a shot!
Thank you. Yeah main dishy works fine! I wish I could buy just one new deco unit and try that . I can’t imagine all 5 got fried but I’ve tried a few of them and clearly something did!!. I’ll try your switch suggestion and if that doesn’t work I may just buy three new decos and start from scratch.
So weird. Tried switch no luck. bought whole new deco set up. No luck. Interesting thing is WiFi off dishy works great but if I plug a computer into the node with an Ethernet cord no luck. So something happened to the Starlink that it won’t connect to …. Again the node is a new one straight from Starlink . Everything has been replaced at this point accept the router power cord, the Starlink router and the dish itself.
Hey - sorry for the slow response. Been a nutty week here! I think you must have a bad cable (even the new one) or bad ethernet port on your starlink router. You do not need to put it in bypass (though you could, but it won't make a difference as to what is going on). It sounds like you've done everything right - and there is no special setting for using a switch. You might consider opening a ticket with Starlink and tell them that your router is not working and see if they'll send you a new one. I had one die completely and they had me a new one in 2 days. Seems fair that they'd replace it for a likely bad ethernet port. If you dont have one, you might get a little cable mapper to test ethernet cables. They're super cheap and handy to have one - it'll at least tell you if your cable is pinned out correctly and has a solid connection. I keep this one around and use it quite a bit, and it's only 10 bucks (amzn.to/3OcmHR4). if you wanted one that did a little more, this one I've been kicking around getting as it tests PoE output and voltages (amzn.to/44Iun2C). Best of luck to you and keep me posted on what you find!
If I get this bridge system I will still need another mesh connected to the receiving bridge correct? I’m trying to get Wi-Fi signal inside my metal building that’s away from the house. I have signal if I stand in the door with door open but lose all signal when I close the door. Just trying to figure out what I need. Thanks
The idea behind using a bridge like this one (at least in this application) is to connect two mesh units that are too far apart to connect on their own. In your case, you could use one of these and put one outside of your metal building, then connect it with an ethernet cable cable to the mesh unit inside - even if it is only a few feet through the metal wall. The bridge would handle the long-haul, and your mesh unit inside (depending on the brand) will just be connecting upstream via ethernet cable rather than a wireless signal.
Thy retail for 169 for a pair of them, and if you buy them on Amazon, i have a 20% off code you can use to bring the price down. The link is amzn.to/3bp2DcX and the code is XCRT7TFK (good through July 20). As far as amp draw, I do not know for sure. I dont monitor power that closely so I haven't needed to. I'll try to remember to look, but it is a PoE device so it is very low.
Amazing work. Thank you SO Much for getting me pointed in the right direction. Just got my Starlink two days ago. Signal is awesome, range...um..not so much. I watched your other Mesh video just now. Great stuff and very well explained. You saved me tons of trial and error on expanding the system. Thanks !
Thanks for the kind words! Glad to help!
Thank you so much.💖💖💖
Awesome video!
These are great vids.
Thanks for the information. I used to use UniFi wifi bridges but one died due to water. It ran fine for a few years but the zip-tie hanger broke and the UniFi hung upside down for a winter allowing water to flow down the RJ45 right into the unit. I then went to a TPlink unit due to cost but I do not like the lack of data they provide compared to the UniFi gear plus TPlink does not support VLANs so I cannot put my animal cams on a unique subnet to filter that traffic. Right now I am looking at MicroTik and it seems to do what I want but I do not have their bridge yet. Does this box support 802.1q for VLANs between the bridge units?
And, I am not supper impressed with the data StarLink gives so I got the Ethernet adapter as well and put my own router in front of Starlink. Nothing uses the Starlink WiFi because again, I do not like how limited StarLink is on the nerd knobs :)
Good morning. I have ordered Starlink for our farm. The location with the best signal would be on top of our corn crib, about 350-400ft from the house. Can I use one of the bridges off of the Starlink router, then send it to the other with the other mesh routers like yours?
When you are using Mesh equipment, you need to stick with one type of equipment to be one single mesh network. What might be a good fit for what you're describing would be a wireless bridge from the corn crib to your house. You could hook one end of the bridge up directly to the Starlink equipment, point it to the house, and plug the other end into your network (mesh or whatever). I have another video in the Tech playlist where I set up an inexpensive bridge on our farm. We used it for a different purpose, but the concept is the same. Hope this helps!
What mesh system would you recommend for an enterprise application… we need to figure out what mesh gear you would swap out if we were to install ourselves and need to have 50 users on at one time, plus added security benefits.
If you're looking for enterprise mesh and have more enhanced security needs, I like Meraki. You'll spend more but it is more full featured and is more 'bulletproof'.
There are so many variables
Can you share camera type and camera settings and how long has it operated before dropping out?
There are so many bridges out there but what combination solves the ‘I want to see who is messing with our stuff’….?
I posted this video this week, and filmed it in the first few days of June, so it has been running almost a month and I've not seen a drop yet. On the cameras, any IP based camera will work as long as you have a solid network. Do it in 2 steps: 1- build a solid network that works then 2- add the cameras to the stable network. We use Blink cameras for monitoring our animals, but I don't share in public what kind of cameras i use for perimeter security as it defeats the purpose.
is it connected to starlink internet?
Yes - Starlink is my ISP
Are you pulling ethernet directly from your Starlink router or thru a third party router. I have an Asus 3 in 1 that I cannot connect to my square dish. It just doesn’t see it. I selected the asus because it has removable antennas and I need to place it in a metal building and coax one antenna to the outside.
I go directly from my dishy (Gen 1 round dishy) to my first TP Link Mesh device. Not sure why your Asus won't connect - it could possibly be a NAT issue, since Starlink is handing out an IP address space that is likely the same as the one your Asus router is handing out. You might try changing your interal IP range to something like 192.168.123.x or something besides the standard 192.168.1 (or 0 or whatever it is using) just to see if that helps. Good luck!
Thank you. It will be a couple of days before I can try that but I will let you know.
Tried changing the IP address but that didn’t help. I had my kid helping me and it got frustrating so I slept on it. The next day I called him and ran an idea past him and long story short we finally got them to talk. Thanks for your help, it gave us a starting point.
We got the tp link deco set up on our farm using your video ( it took some stumbling- was never able for some reason to get the direct wire method with cat 6 to work ??) anyway we had 5 extenders and all worked amazingly for 1 1/2 years.!!This extender was our next step but… my son ran over our Starlink cord with the mower. I happened to have a back up!! Yay mom . All we did is replace the cord running from dishy to Starlink mesh node. The mesh has yet to work again!! Tried everything with tp link support on phone. Factory resets , new mesh node , switched main deco with another . Nothing. Any ideas? I read something in a forum about these decos maybe have some feature or disfunction concerning a break or loss of service like this? Any ideas? Much appreciated
Aww man! That stinks! It sounds like you've done everything right - the only thing I can think of is that maybe when the mower hit the cord, it could have fried the ethernet interface on the Deco unit. I've never had an issue with extended lack of service. I had one in a box for months once and put it back in service as the main Deco with no issue. Does the dishy still work fine on its own, without the mesh network behind it?
The only other thing I could think of would be to install a small switch in-line between dishy and the main Deco. I've had issues with getting a direct connection between them and have had to have a little 5 port switch in there. It doesn't make a lot of sense and I cannot explain 'why', but its worth a shot!
Thank you. Yeah main dishy works fine! I wish I could buy just one new deco unit and try that . I can’t imagine all 5 got fried but I’ve tried a few of them and clearly something did!!. I’ll try your switch suggestion and if that doesn’t work I may just buy three new decos and start from scratch.
Are there any special settings to change when using a switch? Still no luck. And we don’t put Starlink in bypass right?
So weird. Tried switch no luck. bought whole new deco set up. No luck. Interesting thing is WiFi off dishy works great but if I plug a computer into the node with an Ethernet cord no luck. So something happened to the Starlink that it won’t connect to …. Again the node is a new one straight from Starlink . Everything has been replaced at this point accept the router power cord, the Starlink router and the dish itself.
Hey - sorry for the slow response. Been a nutty week here! I think you must have a bad cable (even the new one) or bad ethernet port on your starlink router. You do not need to put it in bypass (though you could, but it won't make a difference as to what is going on). It sounds like you've done everything right - and there is no special setting for using a switch.
You might consider opening a ticket with Starlink and tell them that your router is not working and see if they'll send you a new one. I had one die completely and they had me a new one in 2 days. Seems fair that they'd replace it for a likely bad ethernet port.
If you dont have one, you might get a little cable mapper to test ethernet cables. They're super cheap and handy to have one - it'll at least tell you if your cable is pinned out correctly and has a solid connection. I keep this one around and use it quite a bit, and it's only 10 bucks (amzn.to/3OcmHR4). if you wanted one that did a little more, this one I've been kicking around getting as it tests PoE output and voltages (amzn.to/44Iun2C). Best of luck to you and keep me posted on what you find!
If I get this bridge system I will still need another mesh connected to the receiving bridge correct? I’m trying to get Wi-Fi signal inside my metal building that’s away from the house. I have signal if I stand in the door with door open but lose all signal when I close the door. Just trying to figure out what I need. Thanks
The idea behind using a bridge like this one (at least in this application) is to connect two mesh units that are too far apart to connect on their own. In your case, you could use one of these and put one outside of your metal building, then connect it with an ethernet cable cable to the mesh unit inside - even if it is only a few feet through the metal wall. The bridge would handle the long-haul, and your mesh unit inside (depending on the brand) will just be connecting upstream via ethernet cable rather than a wireless signal.
@@gooseberrybridgefarm thank you for the response.
Did you get a sense what they retail for and amp draw..?
Thy retail for 169 for a pair of them, and if you buy them on Amazon, i have a 20% off code you can use to bring the price down. The link is amzn.to/3bp2DcX and the code is XCRT7TFK (good through July 20). As far as amp draw, I do not know for sure. I dont monitor power that closely so I haven't needed to. I'll try to remember to look, but it is a PoE device so it is very low.