On Mon, 2023-10-16 at 10:55 +1000, Andrew Radke wrote:
Replying very late in the game to general Starlink stuff.
But thanks - all very good to know.
2. Put the Starlink “router” in bridge mode.
There will only be three devices on it, so we should be good. I'm keeping bridge mode in reserve. This system is sort of borrowed from the owner so I'm trying to touch the actual Starlink stuff as little as possible. They will probably end up on NBN fixed wireless eventually.
you may need to allow UDP port 68 in your firewall
Good to know! Or will be if we do end up having to go to bridge mode.
more due to the extra work involved. Again their advertising of no installation necessary, or self installable, is bulls**t.
Well, to be fair this system was practically just thrown at the ground and it's working, so...
we get cyclones
We don't :-)
I really hope the mad scramble by Europe and some private companies to produce a competitor works. Once we have more than one option the world will genuinely change.
IMHO the world has to stop depending on satellites for things that can be done with glass. Orbital pollution is already close to out of hand. "It's expensive" is not the same as "it can't be done". Oh, and stop depending on "the market" to provide essential services. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (kauer@nullarbor.com.au) work +61 2 64957435 http://www.nullarbor.com.au mobile +61 428 957160