Thank you Colby The Gen 1 Dishy's speech was so touching

Thank you for this video. I like the higher upload speed of the Gen3. 100Mbps+ download is good enough for many families.

@charlieodom9107

14 күн бұрын

You are absolutely correct. I can run over 20 devices simultaneously, including an online game server, on 150mbps speeds with ZERO issues.

Thanks for the video! I really appreciate it!

Question for you. Have you tried to place the dish under a glass and see if it still gets decent connections? I'm considering Starlink but I want to put it under my glass roof of my Tesla. I'm worried it won't get good speed

@StarlinkHardware

26 күн бұрын

Gotcha covered! I did exactly that in the rear hatch of my Model Y. Wrote an article on the blog about it: www.starlinkhardware.com/heres-how-i-set-up-starlink-in-my-tesla/

@sharkcookie.YouTube

25 күн бұрын

@@StarlinkHardware you are the man! Thanks so much. Looks like it works surprisingly well. I'm always on the road and cell phone based internet is just not cutting it. Thanks again for all the work you do and sharing it!

I have a Gen 2 and Gen 1 load sharing on a common network. They both perform the same when tested together at the same time.

great stuff, i was laughing out loud! you got to get your hands on a mini and do an addendum.

Well made and interesting video! 👏👏👏

I'm still rocking the Gen 1 dish and router that I've had since beta. Going strong for about 3 years.

@StarlinkHardware

26 күн бұрын

It’s my favorite model and it has the best name for sure!

@gstar7686

26 күн бұрын

@@StarlinkHardware It's been very reliable and I haven't seen a reason to upgrade to the newer equipment. Why fix what ain't broke?

@user-zo2pc5lu5q

25 күн бұрын

Ditto it’ll be three years this August. I overheard a neighbour that was talking to a contractor working on their home say something along the lines of communicating with aliens when wondering what it was for 😂 So I’m certainly not going to replace it with something that looks like one of those flat TV Satellite dishes 😁

@thirsty_steve5197

24 күн бұрын

I just bought one from a person on eBay basically new never used, fastest speed on v1 I got was 387mbps.

Interesting, We have a gen 2 dish in Australia. Speeds can easily reach 380mbps down and 20-30up. Had it since the start of last year, speeds were 200-300 normally and peak 330ish. But last few months speeds are consistently higher. Might suggest increased network capacity.

Question for you - How bad is the roaming plan. My city is at high capacity and not accepting residential plans anymore, the Starlink website says they will increase capacity but no timeline. Havent activated my product till date. is the roaming plan worth it as compared to the residential plan which cost lesser?

I have a generation 1 dish, just did a speed test about a half hour ago, speed was 203 Mbps down and 38 Mbps up. I live in Eastern Canada. Also I have been told the dishes should be running at least 12 hours to acclimate to the satellites for best speeds.

@StarlinkHardware

27 күн бұрын

Good performance, especially the upload! The previous 12 hour recommendation was because the obstruction map took about 12 hours to generate. Now it generates in real time. But as long as the mounting location is obstruction free (I knew it was) the connection is optimal about 15 minutes from the initial boot up.

@user-zo2pc5lu5q

25 күн бұрын

I have a gen 1 and it rarely drops below 100 download and the upload is usually in the mid 10s which is adequate for my current usage. It’ll be interesting to re-run the tests when SpaceX gets their Starship in service deploying their latest Starlink satellites. I suspect the gap in performance might be more noticeable with improved satellite technology.

Hey great test, thank you! Have you consider doing some test at the same time and maybe with rain conditions?

@StarlinkHardware

21 күн бұрын

I considered doing it at the same time, but wanted to avoid any kind of interference from having multiple units at the same location all trying to download/upload at the same time. It's also more difficult from a practical perspective, having 4 mobile devices handy to run the Starlink app. Never considered the rain test, but I can tell you the dishes with the beefier power supplies would most likely win on that one. Gen 3, HP, Gen 1 all have power supplies that can output 100+ watts if needed.

@maux21

21 күн бұрын

@@StarlinkHardware I have been doing some tests with HP and standard actuated connected via ETH to a router (at the same time- 4 meters between them) and the results are a little bit different at least in Latin America. I think it is because the standard configuration in their platform (modulations and carrier config) allows us to get better results (at least in Download standard actuated wins) for standard. But in rain conditions, as you said HP with their power supplies wins always. Both of them have 1TB priority plans. I'll contact you via email when I get more detailed results! Thank you for sharing your experience! Maybe in a couple of weeks, I'll do some tests with the standard.

I'm running a gen1 dishy with a gen 3 router consistently getting 225- 250 down and 20 up. highest, I've tested 398 down and 40 up . Pacific northwest Oregon/ California border

I just received my Get 3. Haven't set it up yet..But at least I got a discount.

Are you testing the antenna only or are you going through the wifi as well. I would like to see this test only through the antenna. This is done in settings.

@StarlinkHardware

26 күн бұрын

The “Router to Internet” test in the Advanced Speed Test section of the Starlink app tests internet speeds directly from the antenna. No Wi-Fi variable in my testing.

From Argentina near a main city, and super Happy

Have you tried using the Gen 2 dish with the Gen 3 router and would that make a difference?

@DanHeming

11 күн бұрын

Putting the Gen 3 router with the Gen 2 dish really isn't a great solution as you still need the Gen 2 router for power, you need the ethernet adapter and then you add in the Gen 3 router. At that point you could add in any 3rd party Wi-Fi 6 router. The Gen 3 router having Wi-Fi 6 might get you some more range from the router, but it's not going to increase your speeds from the dish to the satellite.

Me hubiera gustado ver este test todas juntas al mismo tiempo... creo que sería más justo. Gracias por el video.. Super interesante...

@StarlinkHardware

27 күн бұрын

I appreciate the feedback! Problem with that is the dishes would be competing for bandwidth with each other. And having multiple antennas close together could cause interference. I wanted to avoid those variables. Thank you for watching!

@adolfowispe

27 күн бұрын

Entiendo tu punto, pero aun así seria bueno ver cual de todas logra avasallar a las demás. Recuerda que habrán veces que se tu Starlink estará compitiendo con las de tus vecinos.

hi. Which uses the least power ? Since all of them are the same speed , the determining factor that becomes the amount of power it consumes for those of us roaming. Thank you for conducting this test.

@StarlinkHardware

7 сағат бұрын

The Gen 2 "Standard Actuated" dish has the lowest power consumption out of all of these models.

My best measurement so far is 450/45 with gen3 (Hungary). But it is between 200 and 300 Mbps mostly, which is still plenty.

Got a Gen1 and it does 300Mbit DL on average, top was 400MBit. I am at 53°N

@StarlinkHardware

27 күн бұрын

Excellent speeds! I rarely see close to 300 Mbps in my location. But things have improved a lot, it used to top out under 100 Mbps most days back in 2021/2022.

I just ran our gen 1 with advanced test 177 DN 28 UP.

@StarlinkHardware

27 күн бұрын

That seems like more of a normal result. I’m going to set mine up again tomorrow and see if I can get it working right. If not, maybe it’s time to finally retire it for good! Definitely going to be hanging on the wall in the office.

Can you make a video load balance from 2 or more starlink dishes. Can the speed be doubled?

@StarlinkHardware

27 күн бұрын

I’ve looked into this before, but couldn’t come up with a good solution that didn’t involve some business grade network components. I can do some more research to see if things have changed since I last looked a few years ago. It would be interesting to see 600 Mbps from Starlink!

@ramosel

26 күн бұрын

@@StarlinkHardware Have you looked at running pfSense... either on an old PC or one of their appliances? As I mentioned in the other comment, I was an early tester and have always run through a NetGate/pfSense appliance. When they sent me a V2 I was able to take advantage of the crossover window to run V1/V2 simultaneously for a few days. Yes, the speeds will aggregate. Early morning tests were regularly at or over 400Mbs down.

I'm really hoping my obstructions will improve. I recently bought the gen 3 and I've tried placing it on numerous locations at my cabin. I ignorantly assumed I would be able to point it to the South (why should it matter I thought) as I have a huge amount of sky view to the south, southeast and southwest. The problem: the cabin is built into the side of a mountain and the cabin sits on the south side of the mountain. What I failed to realize is that Starlink must be pointed mainly in northern directions and thus, half of my sky view is obstructed. I still get amazing speeds, 200+ down and 15+ up but I'm disconnected every minute. While streaming can compensate for this with little noticeable effect, web based conference calls such as zoom and teams are nearly impossible. During a 30 minute call, I will be disconnected on average 20+ times. I've ordered the ridgeline roof mount to get the dish higher on top of the cabin and that will give me a little bit more angle but I'll still have a mountain of solid rock on my North. Should I expect my connections to improve with Starlink auto-calibrating to the number of obstructions or is that simply a pipe dream and I should return it?

@StarlinkHardware

27 күн бұрын

Performance could improve slightly, but the problem is much of the southern sky (if you live north of the equator) is off limits to prevent interference with Clarke Belt satellite systems. So dishy has to rely on its view to the north. Higher and/or farther away are how you fix obstructions. Plenty of people are forced to install 30-40 ft towers to avoid trees, but I’m not sure about a mountain. Might have to return it if you don’t have some kind of fallback internet, like 5G cellular, for work calls.

@arispoli1269

8 күн бұрын

I’m in same boat. Unobstructed southern view and mountains to north. Disconnects every couple of minutes. Fine for streaming. No go for zoom calls. Will the eventual increase in satellites or obstruction compensation improve my situation over time?

@dalepellerin

8 күн бұрын

I ended up having to return mine. I spoke with a really great support person from Starlink and after they reviewed my obstruction map, they suggested that it likely will never work in that location due to the northern obstruction. They weren’t too hopeful that future satellites in lower orbits would fix it.

Saya pakai Gen 2.

Did you align gen 3 standard using app before speed test since it has no motor to for self orientation?

@StarlinkHardware

27 күн бұрын

Yes, the Gen 3 unit was aligned correctly according to the app before the test.

Would like to have seen latency numbers.

Same latency?

Great 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Hi, just ordered 1 hour ago the last gen dish. I thought it will automatically rotate to satellite. You said I have to do it manually…the plan was to put it on my rooftop house, do you think I can still do that or do I have to put it in front of my house? Thanks

@duducarblog

27 күн бұрын

you dont have to rotate every day or something like that , just point too where sky is more visible. you dont have to touch it again , starlink app can tell you best orentiation

@StarlinkHardware

27 күн бұрын

Someone else already gave a good answer, but to expand, it’s a one time alignment done through the app. It’s not a big deal. One you initially aim it, you don’t need to touch it again. I have a video on a Gen 3 mount that includes instructions to align the dish. Takes about 30 seconds: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lWijj8GactCtcto.htmlsi=5uW2LqUjxpN0iOEe

@user-zo2pc5lu5q

25 күн бұрын

I’d be a bit wary of having a fixed dish. For the first 2 plus years it pointed in the same direction, but recently I noticed it had shifted by approx 45 degrees. Would have been annoyed as @$#* if I had to have done that manually! I’m guessing that’s its because there are a lot more satellites up there since initial setup and the system determined that the optimum alignment had changed.

You are surprised at the lower performance of the GEN3 dish ?

Gen2 Jamaica .... Starlink has seen a significant decline in speed ...

The high performance dish is $2K and $20/month higher. Pointless.

Price of each dish would be helpful.

@StarlinkHardware

27 күн бұрын

Standard dishes are generally $599 and the High Performance is $2500. Depends on your specific country though. Gen 3 and HP are really the only ones being sold today in most markets, Gen 2 Standard Actuated is being phased out.

The problem with SL is gaming performance😢

@CARMONA61904

12 күн бұрын

I use it to game and haven't had any problems

Since you are not running your tests simultaneously on all 4... you are not hitting the same satellites at the same time with the same shared load levels. Your results are a bit specious, at best.

@StarlinkHardware

27 күн бұрын

Possibly, but I'd rather be using a different satellite than having 4 dishes all competing for bandwidth from the same satellite.

@ramosel

26 күн бұрын

@@StarlinkHardware Then you really don’t understand the system.

@worldisendingsoon

26 күн бұрын

I think it doesn’t matter how many dishes are connected at the same satellite. The speed will be almost the same for each one with slightly improvements depending on the generation.

@StarlinkHardware

26 күн бұрын

@@worldisendingsoonEach satellite has a finite amount of bandwidth. It has to distribute that across all the units connecting. That’s why really Starlink-dense areas like the east coast of the US have slower average speeds than in the UK. I’m sure the effect of running the test at the same time would be pretty small, but I didn’t want any type of interference between the antennas.

@StarlinkHardware

26 күн бұрын

@@ramosel I’m always trying to learn! Thanks for the suggestions and for supporting the channel!

My gen 1 beats all of these with max download speed above 350mbps.. how is that possible?

@StarlinkHardware

8 күн бұрын

Speeds are highly dependent on your location on earth. The US has historically had lower speeds due to a higher density of Starlink users. In places like Europe, or even lower density areas of the US, speeds will be higher with any dish.

@8bloppy8

8 күн бұрын

@@StarlinkHardware Makes sense, for refference i live in Spain.

Your phone connection to the router is the bottleneck. you should be extremely near the router to get the full 5Ghz wifi speed (866Mbps)

@StarlinkHardware

4 күн бұрын

No, as explained in the video, this test utilized Starlink’s built in “Router to Internet” speed test, which runs on the router itself and doesn’t test over WiFi. The result is just being displayed on my phone through the app.

Testing should only be done with an ethernet cable connected directly to your testing device. WiFi testing is smoke & mirrors.

@StarlinkHardware

27 күн бұрын

Like I mentioned in the beginning of the video, Wifi was not a factor here. The numbers reported come from the Starlink Advanced Speed Test in the app. Specifically, I gave the "Router to Internet" download and upload speeds, which are a measure of the internet connection speed directly from the router to the internet. In other words, the test is done on the router itself, not over Wifi or Ethernet. Doing it this way also eliminates any variables on 3rd party devices like PC's or phones. The only thing my phone is doing is showing the result of the test reported from the Starlink router.

@relaxchil5796

27 күн бұрын

You should focus when watching the video

Trying to ensure that you’re in every shot with the over the shoulder selfie shot is very annoying.

The introduction is boring. Best to go straight to the experiment.

@j.r.3215

2 күн бұрын

Yes I agree, I don't need to hear about the labor pains, just show me the baby.