What I build · 20
Starlink, done properly
I run Starlink myself. It is a good link and an unusual one, and most of what goes wrong with it is not the dish.
What I build
- Placement and mounting with the obstruction map actually checked, not guessed.
- Your own router behind the dish. The Starlink router goes into bypass mode and a real firewall takes over, so the network on this site’s Networks page is possible at all.
- A second uplink for failover where it matters: a cellular modem or a hotspot that takes over automatically, and hands back when Starlink returns.
- The quirks handled up front. Starlink puts you behind carrier-grade NAT, so nothing outside can reach in directly — cameras, a private cloud, remote support all need a tunnel, and I build one. On my own link, outbound DNS on the usual port was filtered while everything else passed; the fix was encrypted DNS on a port the link allows. I check for that on yours rather than finding it later.
- Honest expectations. I tell you what the link can and cannot do before you buy anything from anyone.
What I don’t claim
I am not Starlink and hold no certification from them. I am someone who runs it, has measured it, and builds around it.