Yes, Starlink does go out sometimes. Most Starlink outages are short: a few seconds when something blocks your Starlink dish’s view of the sky, during heavy rain or snow, or when the Starlink dish switches satellites, about every 15 seconds. Now and then Starlink has a wider outage on its side. To see whether Starlink is down, open the Starlink … Read More
Starlink Accessories for Business: Adapters, Routers and a Second Internet Connection
Starlink accessories, like Ethernet adapters, mesh Wi-Fi extenders and mounts, each fix one part of a business’s Starlink setup: a wired port, Wi-Fi in more rooms, a better spot for the Starlink dish. None of them can make the Starlink internet connection faster, or keep it online when Starlink drops. Speedify can, in software. Speedify uses Starlink together with 4G/5G … Read More
Starlink Ethernet Adapter Alternative: Add Speed and Automatic Failover
The best alternative to the Starlink Ethernet adapter, if you want more than a wired port, is a router or app that uses Starlink together with your other internet connections. The Starlink Ethernet adapter only adds a wired port to the Starlink router. It can’t add speed, and it can’t keep you online when Starlink drops. Speedify uses Starlink, 4G/5G … Read More
Starlink Internet for Boats and Ferries: Stay Online at Sea
Yes, Starlink works on boats and ferries. Starlink Maritime, Starlink’s service for ships, brought higher speeds and lower prices than the old ship satellite services. But a ferry or work boat full of passengers and crew often needs more than one Starlink dish can give on its own. Speedify is software that combines Starlink with more Starlink dishes, 4G/5G cellular … Read More
Starlink Internet for Enterprise: How to Build a High Performance Starlink Setup
A high performance Starlink setup for a business uses two or more internet connections at once, such as several Starlink dishes plus 4G/5G cellular, and manages them all from one place. Speedify does both: routers and servers running Speedify use every internet connection at the same time, and the Starlink Control Center in Speedify shows live status, speed, ping, obstructions, … Read More
Internet Redundancy for Business: Use Speedify Instead of a Second Router
Internet Redundancy for Business, Without a Second Router Most businesses buy internet redundancy as a second line that sits idle until the first one fails, which only helps if something notices the failure fast enough. Speedify combines every connection at once, so a dropped connection costs nothing: the others were already carrying the traffic. That needs two or more internet … Read More