[Starlink] First tests of the Starlink REV4 (aka gen3)

[David Lang]

On Thu, 25 Jan 2024, Oleg Kutkov via Starlink wrote:

> The PoE "standard" is the same.

That is true, but the pinout is slightly different on the articulated dish

David Lang

> Thus, you can power the new terminal with any Starlink PoE injector (even 
> REV1).
>
> On 1/25/24 01:40, Jonathan Bennett wrote:
>> I'm mainly curious if the move back to RJ45 means they are now using a real 
>> POE standard, instead of the custom solution the previous generations have 
>> used.
>> 
>> Jonathan Bennett
>> Hackaday.com
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 4:47 PM Oleg Kutkov via Starlink 
>> <starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
>>
>>     I will try to do better tests this weekend, measuring all the
>>     necessary
>>     parameters. Plus IPv6
>>
>>     On 1/24/24 14:37, Alexandre Petrescu via Starlink wrote:
>>     > Thanks for the tests!
>>     >
>>     > The dl/ul speeds 300/15 mbit/s are impressive.
>>     >
>>     > At video pointer 5:53 the reported Ping ?/dl/ul 88/204/121 ms and
>>     > Jitter 9.2 ms seem interesting.
>>     >
>>     >     ==> I am not sure which of the two (ping or jitter) you name
>>     > 'latency'?
>>     >
>>     >     ==> I am not sure why the dl (download) ping ms is higher
>>     than the
>>     > ul.
>>     >
>>     >     ==> I don't know what is the first ('?') parameter reported as
>>     > 88ms for Ping?
>>     >
>>     > I wonder whether the DHCPv6-PD is still supported by REV4 and
>>     whether
>>     > the allocated prefix is still a non-/64 (i.e. a /56 delivered by
>>     > DHCPv6-PD reported earlier on this email list by Steven on Dec. 12,
>>     > 2023)?
>>     >
>>     > Alex
>>     >
>>     > Le 23/01/2024 à 10:07, Oleg Kutkov via Starlink a écrit :
>>     >> I conducted the initial comparative tests of the new terminal in
>>     >> Ukraine. I guess it's not a really "legal" because the new
>>     terminal
>>     >> is not certified and not selling outside the US for the moment.
>>     But
>>     >> who cares.
>>     >>
>>     >> Here's a video: https://youtu.be/hWPMpJrjd1g
>>     >>
>>     >> I will try to do more technical tests next week. There will be
>>     a new
>>     >> video.
>>     >>
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>>     --     Best regards,
>>     Oleg Kutkov
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