Speedify Combines Two Starlink Dishes for Faster Upload and Download Speeds and Keeps You Online When One Drops
Yes, you can connect two Starlink dishes together and use both at the same time, but not with a cable between them: each Starlink dish is its own internet connection with its own Starlink router. The best way to use multiple Starlink dishes together is to connect one computer, or one router, to both Starlink routers and run Speedify on it.
Speedify is an app that uses all your internet connections at the same time, like both of your Starlink dishes. You get nearly the full speed of both Starlink dishes combined, and if one drops, Speedify keeps you online on the other.
Speedify combines multiple Starlink dishes for failover and faster uploads and downloads
What Connecting Two Starlink Dishes Together Actually Means
Two Starlink dishes at the same address give you two separate internet connections, each with its own Starlink router. Without extra software, your device connects to one Starlink dish at a time. You get no extra speed from the second one, and nothing switches you over when the first one drops.
Connecting two Starlink dishes together means running an app that uses both at once. Speedify splits your internet traffic across both Starlink dishes, and Speedify’s servers put it back together on the other side, so both Starlink dishes work as one internet connection.
When one Starlink dish drops, Speedify moves all your traffic to the one that works. You don’t have to reconnect, and your calls, uploads and downloads keep going.
Both Starlink dishes use the same Starlink network, so a Starlink outage in your area still affects both. For a backup that doesn’t depend on Starlink, add 4G/5G cellular too.
The Best Way to Connect Multiple Starlink Dishes Together
Each Starlink router needs its own way into the device that runs Speedify. These are the usual combinations:
- Ethernet and Wi-Fi: an Ethernet cable to the first Starlink router, and Wi-Fi to the second.
- Two Ethernet cables: the computer’s Ethernet port for one Starlink router, and a USB Ethernet adapter for the other.
- Two Wi-Fi connections: the computer’s built-in Wi-Fi for one Starlink router, and a USB Wi-Fi adapter for the other.
- A router that runs Speedify: plug both Starlink routers into a router that works with Speedify, and every device on its Wi-Fi uses both Starlink dishes.
How Speedify Combines Two Starlink Dishes
Speedify runs on your device and keeps checking both Starlink internet connections: their speed, their delay and how much data they lose. When both Starlink dishes work well, Speedify uses both and gives you nearly the full speed of both combined. When one weakens, Speedify moves all your traffic to the other one.
Speedify also encrypts all your internet traffic across both Starlink dishes.
How to Combine Two Starlink Dishes with Speedify
Step 1: Install and Activate Both Starlink Dishes
Set up both Starlink dishes where they have a clear view of the sky, and activate them in the Starlink app. Each one has its own Starlink router and Wi-Fi network.
Step 2: Connect Your Device to Both Starlink Routers
Use one of the combinations above. Check your network settings to make sure both Starlink internet connections are active.
Step 3: Download and Run Speedify
Download Speedify and install it on your device. Speedify finds both Starlink internet connections on its own and starts using them together, with no settings to change.
From then on, Speedify handles both Starlink dishes in the background: it combines them for faster uploads and downloads, watches both, moves your traffic when one drops, and encrypts everything.
Who Should Combine Two Starlink Dishes with Speedify
- Households and remote workers where one Starlink dish isn’t reliable enough, and a second Starlink dish adds a backup that is always on
- Small businesses that depend on Starlink and need more upload and download speed than one Starlink dish gives them
- Live streamers and content creators who need the upload speed of two Starlink dishes during a broadcast
- Field teams whose work stops when the internet goes down
- IT teams running Starlink dishes who want two Starlink dishes combined in software, without extra hardware
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Speedify Also Shows the Status of Both Starlink Dishes
Speedify shows real-time Starlink dish alerts for each Starlink dish in the app. If either Starlink dish has a stuck motor, a pole that isn’t straight, or is overheating, Speedify shows the alert once the problem has lasted 15 seconds, and clears it when it’s fixed.
That gives you one place to combine your Starlink dishes and keep an eye on both.
For businesses: Speedify can combine the Starlink dishes at every one of your sites. Contact Us to plan the setup.
For individuals and households: Download Speedify to use your two Starlink dishes together.
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