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Re: Setting up Starlink

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Post by freedomben »

throwaway20222 wrote: post #238
stochastician wrote: post #87

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This is OT but can you share a little bit more about what it's like living in East Idaho? I grew up in Boise and now live in Chicago but with the way things have been going lately I've been considering moving back, and there's a real appeal to living in a smaller town in the eastern part of the state (my dad was from Twin Falls). Internet access is always a bit of a concern though, which maybe Starlink ameliorates? S…

My family and I spend a lot of time in the northern Idaho handle near Coeur d'Alene. We love it up here. My wife is Asian (matters to the story), we are liberals, but the folks are generally* terrific and kind. I star “generally” because I would say that the average person is much, much nicer than the folks we meet on the west coast, but the not so great people are much more open with racist, hateful, and frankly sca…

I agree completely. There are tons of wonderful, tolerant people here. There are a few gross people too that tend to be a lot more gross than on the west coast, but overall it's not too bad.

Re: Setting up Starlink

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Post by freedomben »

yhager wrote: post #203
freedomben wrote: post #73

I'm using Starlink right now. AMA. I'm in East Idaho. Currently my dish angles itself to the north. It rarely moves itself north/south, and slightly moves east/west throughout the day. I've read that right now it locks onto a single satellite, although they're adding multi-satellite support later. My speeds are inconsistent, and interestingly they start slow (around 60 Mbps) but after a couple seconds they'll get to…

Have you been using ssh at all? How's that experience? That's my main use case. How about video/audio calls? does Wi-Fi calling work well?

Yes I SSH all day every day, and it has been totally fine (at least while the service is up. There is daily down time currently). Video calls the same. No issues (when it's up).

That said, when I'm on my own machines or ones that I can install things on, I can't recommend mosh highly enough. I've literally gotten on a plane and had the shell pick up thousands of miles away without missing a beat once the laptop was back online at the hotel.

Re: Setting up Starlink

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Post by tyingq »

stefan_ wrote: post #267
rubatuga wrote: post #214

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We actually launched a service that provides you with a public IPv4 address and a /56 IPv6 block over WireGuard. It bypasses CGNAT and provides unblocked ports, including port 25. The cheapest plan starts at $8/month. Here's a link! https://hoppy.network

Wheres the IPv4 address from? Because if it's AWS, that's gonna be rather useless.

The whois for the ip's in the screenshot say they are reassigned from OVH, and geolocate to Quebec.

Re: Setting up Starlink

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Post by freedomben »

zorpner wrote: post #253
ecshafer wrote: post #230

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As you specify people from Seattle, and these people went out of their way to point out that the people are religious, republicans who like guns, I have a feeling they aren't particularly open minded or tolerant people. Religious or secular, blue team or red team, basic politics shouldn't color your ability to get along with people. Fundamentally people are pretty similar, and American culture is quite homogeneous.

I would encourage you to listen to, and believe, the very real experiences of people of color, same-sex couples, and transgender or nonbinary people who have spent time in locations like Eastern Idaho.

I don't disagree, but I would caution heavily about stereotyping an entire geographic area based on anecdotal experiences. Different neighborhoods around here can be radically different. One street up is "the Mormon street" where everyone is LDS, but a few streets past that is the polar opposite.

I think when we blanket stereotype people based on geographic location, the error rate is quite high. In my opinion, unacceptably, but then I've always value tolerance, acceptance, and open mindedness (although for people that don't offer that to others I admit little patience, and I don't want to be around them).

Re: Setting up Starlink

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Post by freedomben »

geerlingguy wrote: post #137
freedomben wrote: post #134

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Sweet man, would you be interested in teaming up a bit? I'm fairly busy the next couple of weeks but I can find a little time to do some hacking. I'm FreedomBen on Keybase, or if you want to email me freedomben proton mail dot com I can give you a real email address. Totally fine if not though!

It's not the official place where I'm working on this particular project, but if you have any notes or feedback you'd want to track/share through my internet-monitoring project, please feel free! Email is a bit tough, as the volumes right now mean I sometimes see a message quickly, other times after days or weeks :) https://github.com/geerlingguy/internet-monitoring/issues

Awesome, will do! And that project looks great by the way. Thanks for the link

Re: Setting up Starlink

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Post by technofiend »

simonebrunozzi wrote: post #166
freedomben wrote: post #73

I'm using Starlink right now. AMA. I'm in East Idaho. Currently my dish angles itself to the north. It rarely moves itself north/south, and slightly moves east/west throughout the day. I've read that right now it locks onto a single satellite, although they're adding multi-satellite support later. My speeds are inconsistent, and interestingly they start slow (around 60 Mbps) but after a couple seconds they'll get to…

Besides Starlink, I'm curious to hear more about your Protectli. Why do you like it so much? What can it do, that you can't do on your own computer with some scripting and such?

Like the other respondent said it's just a small general purpose computer: you still need to load an OS like Linux. Mine is currently a PFSense firewall mostly out of laziness and a desire for speed. If I had to do it again I'd buy something else because the model I have (FW4B) struggles with gigabit internet speeds and the next model up is too expensive to consider vs just buying a small form factor computer instead.

Re: Setting up Starlink

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Post by totalZero »

b0tzzzzzzman wrote: post #268
walrus01 wrote: post #247

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Speaking from experience or speculation? I can't stand how HN has started to turn into a political soapbox. The amount of assumptions being propagated makes me understand the social tension the US has. How did a Starlink post devolve into this chain about rural ideologies?

> I know a few people from the Seattle area who do part time work there

GP did us the courtesy of stating the source of their views. Seems to be hearsay, but if this statement is true it's not speculation.

Re: Setting up Starlink

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Post by totalZero »

freedomben wrote: post #274
zorpner wrote: post #253

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I would encourage you to listen to, and believe, the very real experiences of people of color, same-sex couples, and transgender or nonbinary people who have spent time in locations like Eastern Idaho.

I don't disagree, but I would caution heavily about stereotyping an entire geographic area based on anecdotal experiences. Different neighborhoods around here can be radically different. One street up is "the Mormon street" where everyone is LDS, but a few streets past that is the polar opposite. I think when we blanket stereotype people based on geographic location, the error rate is quite high. In my opinion, unacc…

> Different neighborhoods around here can be radically different.

Having lived in places with similar ideological demographics, I caution that living in a place means you're going to visit all sorts of neighborhoods there, and it would be (not saying you're recommending this) untenable to recommend that certain people would do just fine if they keep to the neighborhoods where they are welcome.

If a particular neighborhood in an area is hostile to certain people for no good reason, it makes the entire area hostile because all of the people involved can and do operate outside of the geofence.

Re: Setting up Starlink

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Post by appleiigs »

LimaBearz wrote: post #218
freedomben wrote: post #73

I'm using Starlink right now. AMA. I'm in East Idaho. Currently my dish angles itself to the north. It rarely moves itself north/south, and slightly moves east/west throughout the day. I've read that right now it locks onto a single satellite, although they're adding multi-satellite support later. My speeds are inconsistent, and interestingly they start slow (around 60 Mbps) but after a couple seconds they'll get to…

Hows the gimble, I read its auto stabilizing is that true? And how well built is the dish, do you think it can handle long periods of constant wind exposure of 15+ knots I've been contemplating putting one on my boat for use while at anchor. There is constant movement but its horrible

I’ve had 80km/h winds and it’s just sitting on the bare ground without being fastened. Also had -25C temp and knee high snow drifts. No issues.

Re: Setting up Starlink

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Post by hattmall »

rubatuga wrote: post #269
stefan_ wrote: post #267

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Wheres the IPv4 address from? Because if it's AWS, that's gonna be rather useless.

We lease IPv4 /24 and IPv6 /48 blocks from a reputable IP address broker, check it against spam blacklists, and finally announce the clean IP addresses at a datacenter of our choice. We are not tied down to any hosting company. We tested a datacenter failover scenario and switched the BGP route from Chicago to Toronto, while a YouTube video was playing, and it didn't even stutter!

Do streaming services work? Anyway to make the IP appear residential?
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