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Adding Mesh Routers to Starlink Wifi
Posted on 10/19/24 at 11:35 am
Posted on 10/19/24 at 11:35 am
I’m just installed a Starlink system at my house, but due to trees I had to mount the antenna and router on one end of my house in the attached garage.
Signal is great for half of my house, so I know I will have to add some mesh routers to provide good signal to the other half of my house.
Starlink sells their Gen 3 mesh routers for $199 each, but are there other options that are better?
I’m not super tech savvy so easy setup is crucial along with performance. Any recommendations for a mesh router that fits the bill in both of these departments?
My house with attached garage is “L” shaped and about 2300 sq ft not including the garage. The main router is in the farthest wall in the garage from the house. I wonder if one mesh router in the middle of the house would provide adequate coverage?
Signal is great for half of my house, so I know I will have to add some mesh routers to provide good signal to the other half of my house.
Starlink sells their Gen 3 mesh routers for $199 each, but are there other options that are better?
I’m not super tech savvy so easy setup is crucial along with performance. Any recommendations for a mesh router that fits the bill in both of these departments?
My house with attached garage is “L” shaped and about 2300 sq ft not including the garage. The main router is in the farthest wall in the garage from the house. I wonder if one mesh router in the middle of the house would provide adequate coverage?
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Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:49 pm to Tear It Up
If you aren’t tech savvy I’d just get the Starlink access points. They seem like an easy way to do what you would end up doing with a separate system anyway.
You can add a hardwired access point on the other side of the house broadcasting the same SSID, or jump out of your Starlink to a completely separate router and make your own mesh network as well, using eero (easy) or hardlined omada / ubiquiti.
You can add a hardwired access point on the other side of the house broadcasting the same SSID, or jump out of your Starlink to a completely separate router and make your own mesh network as well, using eero (easy) or hardlined omada / ubiquiti.
This post was edited on 10/19/24 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 10/19/24 at 1:14 pm to HughsWorkPhone
How easy is it to add an Eero mesh router to act as an extender?
I was kinda leaning to the Starlink mesh due to simplicity but I read some good reviews of the Eero 6 WiFi extenders and they are less than half the cost of the Starlink.
I was kinda leaning to the Starlink mesh due to simplicity but I read some good reviews of the Eero 6 WiFi extenders and they are less than half the cost of the Starlink.
Posted on 10/19/24 at 1:38 pm to Tear It Up
Eero you would need at least 2. One has to be a router. Essentially you would have an eero network you were using for your home instead of Starlink (for WiFi). Starlink would still be your service provider
It is very easy. But what you are doing is essentially what the Starlink mesh node would be doing. One router, wireless connected to one mesh access point
Do you have data ports in your home? Cat5e or Cat6 ports to TVs locations? If so you could use a tp link router from Best Buy in access point mode would be pretty simple and very cheap option
It is very easy. But what you are doing is essentially what the Starlink mesh node would be doing. One router, wireless connected to one mesh access point
Do you have data ports in your home? Cat5e or Cat6 ports to TVs locations? If so you could use a tp link router from Best Buy in access point mode would be pretty simple and very cheap option
This post was edited on 10/19/24 at 1:42 pm
Posted on 10/19/24 at 1:42 pm to HughsWorkPhone
I think I will stick with the Starlink. It sounds super easy to install according to the installation guide.
Thanks!
Thanks!
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