How Starlink Works
Most satellite internet services come from single geostationary satellites that orbit the planet at 35,786 km. As a result, the round trip data time between the user and satellite—also known as latency—is high, making it nearly impossible to support streaming, online gaming, video calls or other high data rate activities Starlink is a constellation of thousands of satellites that orbit the planet much closer to Earth, at about 550km, and cover the entire globe. Because Starlink satellites are in a low orbit, latency is significantly lower—around 20 ms vs 600+ ms.
There are multiple different ways that Starlink can be installed, depending on your personal requirements. Once you have received your Starlink device, we will fit the dish to the outside of your property. The dish will then connect straight to your new Starlink wireless router.
Our engineer will need to fit this to an outside wall. This is normally done with a bracket and requires four fixing holes. We supply and install wall mounting, deck mounting, or roof mounting brackets and poles depending on our client`s preferences and the type of the installation. We also provide other materials that are necessary to complete installation like bolts, screws, nails etc. Our engineer will also need to drill a hole through your wall, in order to bring the cable down from the Starlink dish. This will all be explained to you on the day and our engineer will also ensure that everything is water tight for you.
Standard installations generally take around two hours to complete. Once this has been done, your engineer will show you the system working, in order to make sure that you are satisfied with your new service. Starlink broadband is designed to close the rural broadband gap and deliver reliable and quick internet access to communities that have previously been overlooked by traditional broadband service providers.
Starlink broadband is designed to close the rural broadband gap and deliver reliable and quick internet access to communities that have previously been overlooked by traditional broadband service providers.
Our Starlink installer is ready to complete installations for Starlink broadband as soon as your Starlink kit arrives at your home.
Starlink Ireland
Starlink is SpaceX’s internet solution. This type of broadband was specially developed to provide internet access to rural or remote areas. Therefore, Starlink Broadband is transforming the connectivity potential of rural Ireland. Starlink’s low-latency internet means rural businesses can be transformed by a high-speed connection allowing them to compete on the global market like never before. Farmers and those involved in the agricultural sector can also use the latest technology to monitor herds, increase yield and even automate specific essential processes.
Are you interested in transforming your rural business with Starlink’s low-latency connection? Then please get in contact with Flynn TV today.
How do I purchase my Starlink broadband satellite dish?
Customers should visit the Starlink website to order their satellite dish online. Once you have received your Starlink kit – which includes your Starlink dish, WIFI router, cables and base – call Flynn TV and we will install your Starlink at your property. We supply all brackets required for the installation service.
How do I extend my Starlink Connection?
One of the most common questions we get asked is,
“How do I extend my Starlink connection?”
When that question is asked, we first like to find out which of the following you are trying to achieve. Please note that these solutions won’t give you stronger 3G/4G/5G connections. That is a different technology.  The solutions below are for extending the wireless coverage of your current internet connection.
Please do also bear in mind that the following materials can massively decrease the distance wireless will travel along with the speed performance. It is important to understand a little more about the location you are wanting to increase wireless in and the makeup of any walls, floors or objects between buildings, before you can choose the right solution for you.
Metal
Blue Stone
Concrete
Dense Fooliage & Trees
Solid Wood beams and panels
You want to be able to use a wireless device (laptop, phone etc) over a greater distance than is being covered already by the solution you have in place.
In this instance, you would normally have a wireless router or access point already setup (possibly just your Starlink router) up and you are finding you have dead spots, or it does not reach as far as you would expect / need it to.
Extend my Starlink Wireless to cover a greater area
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In these two sections we are only going to focus on how to extend the wireless, inside and directly outside your property that already has wireless or needs it.
It is first important to note that wireless is actually about density not distance. We can often think that if we get a really powerful access point, we can then use that wireless on our devices, ie a laptop or a mobile over a greater distance.  Unfortunately, the weakest link is the receiving device as it often only has a small antenna.
Maybe think of it as an adult and a child playing soccer. The adult kicks the ball as hard as they can and tells the child to run after it. Once it stops, they need to kick it back to the adult. It is just not possible as the child can’t kick as far as the adult. This is the same in the wireless world. The signal can be transmitted a long distance, but the receiving device is so much weaker it can’t send the data back, so it won’t work until it gets closer.
To fix this issue we need to add more access points, which will in turn give us better coverage and better speeds as more devices will be closer to an access point.
As part of your Starlink setup you would have received a wireless router.  In most instances this would have come without an ethernet port and probably will not cover as much of an area with wireless that you need it to. To create the best solution, we would recommend purchasing the ethernet adapter from Starlink and replacing the router.
The best solution is to add in wireless access points, ideally hardwired, using Cat6 ethernet cable back to your new router or switch.  We would suggest an access point per level, as a minimum, and ideally an access point every 20m throughout. This will give you the best wireless connectivity.  If you have brick or concrete interior walls then this may need to be every 10m.
If you are looking to cover an outdoor space, then use an outdoor wireless access point mounted to the outside of your property for the best results.  Do remember though that the coverage will be dependent on the device connecting, so we would suggest it will cover no more than about 50 – 70m.
It may not be possible for you to run ethernet cables inside your property, maybe it is a rental, or you don’t want the additional cost or trouble.
Depending on the makeup of your walls, their thickness and the materials used, you may find that an extender like the AV100 Gigabit Powerline AC1200 Wi-Fi Kit PASS THROUGH may do exactly what you need.
If you need to cover a larger inside area over a couple of levels, or possible get outside or maybe to another building if it is close (less than 10m) then creating a wireless mesh will certainly be a great option to consider. The tp link Ax3000 + G1500 Whole Home Powerline Mesh WiFi 6 System may be a good option.
This video walks through how extenders and mesh networks can work and be setup with your Starlink router and what materials to look out for that will reduce your wireless coverage.
Quick Summary
More access points are better than less. Hardwire them back to your router or switch for the best results. If you can’t hardwire them, then you can consider creating a mesh or using an extender.  A mesh can be a little less reliable, due to the make up of walls etc, but with the right equipment can be a great option. Use a good quality external access point if you want to cover an outside space like the Tp-Link Ax3000 Outdoor / Indoor Whole Home Mesh WiFi 6 Unit
You want to be able to use wireless in a separate property / location – for example a shed, granny flat or garage that is not physically possible (or not cost effective) to connect using a physical ethernet cable.
This does have a little cross over with the question above.  It is often thought that by increasing the power of a wireless access point, it will cover a greater area and therefore “allow” the signal to reach another building. Although in some instances this may work, various factors including physical distance and building materials used, play a significant role in performance. Creating a wireless bridge is often the most reliable and consistent way to approach this and will work for connections from 10m to several kilometers. This option can be extended to join multiple locations together in what is called a Point to Multi Point Wireless Bridge. TP-Link – CPE510-KIT-v2-5GHz Wireless Pre-Configured Kit with Wall Brackets KIT-v2
Extend my Starlink Wireless to another location
So you have a shed, granny flat, barn, garage, AirBNB, campsite, solar farm or even a Starlink connection and you are looking to connect devices in these locations to wireless.
There are many ways to approach this, but there is only really one truly reliable way to make it all work and that is a Point to Point connection, often called a Wireless Bridge.
Using a wireless bridge we can connect two locations together via wireless, without the need to run cables in the ground.  The distance can be 10m to several kilometers and can handle speeds up to and beyond 1Gb/s.
Once we have created the wireless bridge, then using a little more equipment we can create a wireless (and wired if needed) network in that new location, allowing your devices (laptops, smart phones, tablets) to connect and become part of the same network and use the same internet connection that the main property.
Want a quick overview?
This video will give you a good idea of what is possible and what you need to consider to make a good point to point / wireless bridge connection.
There are a number of different vendors that create solutions to make this all work. It will depend on what you already have in place, or the brands you know along with your technical skill level to be able to configure and install it all.
It is entirely possible to link multiple buildings together with one system, contact us for a little more help if this is what you are looking to do.
The simplest, most cost effective option, we have called “The Tech Geeks Way” This is a pre-configured solution that just needs the physical cables run and the devices mounted to the outside of your buildings.
Bridges
Getting your Starlink connection to another building, first starts with your ethernet adapter. You will need to have purchased this from Starlink and plugged it in to your current Starlink router. A bridge is made up of two devices. Each will be mounted on the outside of the property pointing towards each other, without any obstructions.
The first bridge device will need to be wired, using an Ethernet cable, in to a PoE (Power other Ethernet) Injector and then on to your Starlink ethernet adapter or a switch port on your router or switch if you have those already connected to Starlink.
At the other end the device will wired back through to another PoE Injector and then on to your Access point, Switch or Router.
You may just need a mounting arm for the wall of the second property – probably best to fix the first bridge device on to the roof with your Starlink dish.
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