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Note that one can use any router with the dish. Basically the dish provides you with a NATed private IP which you can assign to the WAN interface of your router
by oxplot 5y ago
Note that one can use any router with the dish. Basically the dish provides you with a NATed private IP which you can assign to the WAN interface of your router of choice and go from there.
- tyingq 5y agoOh, that's interesting. Is the router then completely just a commodity thing that has no specific Starlink functionality at all? Edit: Some reddit posts suggests the Starlink App doesn't work if you don't use the router. But also that the app isn't terribly useful outside of the "obstructions view", which is mostly a one-time need during installation.
- freedomben 5y agoThat's correct. The starlink app only works when using the included router. The app is useful if you like to see numbers and graphs of dropped packets, throughput, etc, but otherwise isn't needed.
- ShockedUnicorn 5y agoThe starlink app works with your own router, you just need to set up a static route. https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/jqhoqz/starlink_app_works_fine_behind_own_router/gby79x1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/jqhoqz/starlink_a...
- yokem55 5y agoIt works fine if you add a static interface route to 192.168.100.1/32 on the wan interface of your router.
- geerlingguy 5y agoI haven't tested this yet, but apparently if you use your own router you may be able to get an IPv6 address assigned.
- wyager 5y agoIt’s a bit more complicated than that if you want reliability. They have two IP ranges on the same physical link, and their patched DHCPD is not standards compliant. If the dish loses its connection, you will be stuck with a useless local IP unless you block DHCP leases in the 192.168 range.