Setting up Starlink

Re:Setting up Starlink by Fiahil on Saturday April 10, 2021 @11:21AM (#26762092)

How is the power consumption compared to a regular router + fiber/ADSL dongle ?

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Re:Setting up Starlink by geerlingguy on Saturday April 10, 2021 @11:39AM (#26762269)

I can answer that I've been monitoring the full setup (dish + router) through a Kill-A-Watt for a few days, and it never goes below 94W, and averages a little over 100W.

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Re:Setting up Starlink by freedomben on Saturday April 10, 2021 @11:44AM (#26762302)

I don't have numbers for just the starlink stuff since I have other things plugged in to my UPS, but that sounds about right. The power brick is always warm to the touch.

My other ISP also uses PoE to power a wireless dish (line of sight) and uses a little less power but not a ton less.

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Re:Setting up Starlink by walrus01 on Saturday April 10, 2021 @12:40PM (#26762777)

the power consumed for a WISP PtMP last mile CPE radio is considerably less than starlink. Typical CPE for a ubiquiti, cambium or similar antenna will be 8-12W at the AC wall power side of the PoE injector. Starlink is more like 100W constant.

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Re:Setting up Starlink by Scoundreller on Saturday April 10, 2021 @11:58AM (#26762413)

I see report of 5-10w on ubiquiti gear.

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Re:Setting up Starlink by spookthesunset on Saturday April 10, 2021 @11:58AM (#26762420)

How much of that is dumped into the antenna? It’s LOS so it shouldn’t need too many watts for TX.

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Re:Setting up Starlink by jasoncartwright on Saturday April 10, 2021 @01:30PM (#26763246)

ISPReview have a good article on this. It's more than I expect. https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2021/03/electricity-co...

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Re:Setting up Starlink by teh_klev on Saturday April 10, 2021 @11:42AM (#26762286)

From the article the author suggests 100W continuous using POE++.

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