Thanks James…I have ordered my Starlink but didn’t order the Ethernet module but today took care of that. I run a fiber optic connection to our house from our guest house and needed the Ethernet connection. Thanks!
Greetings James and Ness, We're so glad for the Starlink in the Philippines. You and my husband speak the same language as far as technology is concern. His job is cyber security in Anderson AFB Guam.
Sadly I was nearby you last month and didn't think about reaching out. I'm one of the nerds that helped build the internet. I'm talking back to dialup. You can get a box and do failover from pldt to starlink. You can also do bonding but with such diverse routing and speeds it doesn't make sense. Automatic failover is nice especially if you travel so they your home is never offline.
James you forgot to mention the electrolytic stator rod that connects to the router preventing prop wash overflow on the dish antenna. We'll put it through a heavy use test when I do my ArtCo live stream show when I'm there.
Thank you, James. Very thorough explanation- I will definitely revisit this episode again and again… Glad there wasn’t an exam at the end of the episode 😂😂
Hi James, Great video as usual... being on the geek side as well myself, always interested in techno stuff... one question for a follow-up is to know how Starlink behaves in poor weather condition like when you have heavy rain like it can be in the Philippines... I would be curious to hear about that in one of your next episode about your Starlink setup.... I am already jealous about your fiber connection, I am in Belgium, not in middle of nowhere, but stuck on VDSL at 100Mbps.... ok not too bad but still slow compared to your fiber service... :-))) They started to deploy fiber here but they still need to do some digging as the fiber roll hangs a few house further mine waiting... almost a year now :o)
We've had great weather since the startup of our Starlink but will definitely share how poor weather affects the performance, if any. VDSL? I didn't even know DSL was still out there!
I set up the network myself. Picked up the wall bulkheads from Wilcon as well as the CAT 6 cable. Ordered the patch panel and Netgear switch on Amazon.com.
James, this is very interesting. I have a technical background but networking is not my strong point. If I understood things correctly all you did to switch from pldt to Starlink was to change the address and default route on your Mac. But you’re running through an unmanaged switch with no vlans, correct? As I’m typing this it seems to be more clear but I wanted to be sure I understood correctly. Thanks!
I didn't switch and still have both providers on my network. I did change the PLDT fiber modem to 192.168.10.1 to allow Starlink to run its default 192.168.1.0 network. As I said, Starlink locks the configuration page down so you can not access this feature. Yes, I have unmanaged switches with no vlans. It's a simple network with only 2 networks so a vlan would be overkill.
Good to hear from my favorite USAF comm sqd geek. I missed your show. I wonder if you’d recommend Starlink as a stand alone system for my house in Bohol. Thanks & take care…
Starlink is still under review here at Villa Feliz but preliminary experience says it could well be your stand alone system if upload speed is not your primary requirement.
Very nice set-up James and very good explination. Concerning STARLINK I got no experience yet in our home configuration at Brussels - Belgium, so didnt catch the access Png times at TTL+64. They looked a bit at the higher side? At home I try to get these times towards the 192.168.1.1 from about 5 miliSec. For industrial or military use on NATO or Belgian army times in all circonstances try to keep them below 100 ms. if possible and of course stable. Did you work on any changes of this? Sometimes I lower these ping times by creating subnets in these environments, and make changes on the applicated business routers and/or DNSs.
The TTL time is defined in the router itself. TTL of 64 is default defined by the router. This is the number of times a packet can hop (hit other routers) before the packet is dropped. This normally isn't changed unless you have a high latency system and you need to adjust their TTL time so your packets have more time to get to the destination and back. The ping times were a bit high but like I said, the real test is how is the performance. Are you getting constant buffering, disconnects etc? So far the Starlink is outperforming our PLDT fiber during high demand periods where our PLDT suffers from high user demand (around 7:30pm-10:00pm every night). If it weren't for the low upload rate of Starlink, we'd drop our PLDT service and just purchase a backup Starlink system for standby.
If you followed the setup instructions and do not have any obstructions then you should contact Starlink for help troubleshooting your system. You should not be experiencing any issues like this. Satellite fundamentals are very basic and the system is well designed. I contacted Starlink customer support with a question and they answered within 24 hours.
Hello James, great videos on the Starlink system and its performance in the Philippines! Thank you. What is the price difference for the monthly Starlink versus PLDT subscriptions?
James quick question: I just received my DHL tracking number….was surprised it’s coming from Hawthorn ca. how many days to deliver? Thank you, Paul Knol
The delivery time will be based upon how much time it will sit in customs waiting for the license release. Once it arrives in the Philippines, expect another 1-3 weeks.
Hey James; can those Starlink be move from one place to another; my properties I P.I are about 1/2 mile apart and would like to pick up and move Starlink as needed.
Hi James question on your VPN are using a VPN service or do you have this setup as a private VPN to your own home in the US. When I lived in India for a couple of years I had a Slingbox in my house in the US most times that worked well but I also used a VPN service that I could select the type of app, Hulu, Amazon, etc that kept getting better. When I move to Subic next year I will be renting out my house so the Slingbox will no longer be an option. Lots of details sorry but since you’re also techy thought you might want to understand my question. So many services want you to be resident in that country. How do you beat that.
So................. you set up a starlink connection, so you can have a private VPN back to a server you have in the USA, and then you use it to watch CNN? really?
