# Starlink: installation, first impressions, and running it through UniFi

DevFeed: [Starlink: installation, first impressions, and running it through UniFi](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/starlink-installation-first-impressions-and-running-it-through-unifi-37853.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://carlosbecker.com/posts/starlink-unifi/>)

Author: Carlos Alexandro Becker

Published: 2024-06-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Carlos Becker](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/carlos-becker.md>)

Topics: [Internet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [Virtual Private Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vpn.md>), [Ethernet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethernet.md>)

Tags: [installation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/installation.md>), [internet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet.md>), [opinion](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opinion.md>), [router](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/router.md>), [unifi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/unifi.md>), [vpn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vpn.md>)

## AI overview

A personal account of installing Starlink as a backup internet connection in southern Brazil. The author discusses unreliable local providers, limitations of cellular and fiber alternatives, and initial impressions of Starlink's cable, router, and installation kit while using it alongside UniFi equipment.

## Source excerpt

This weekend's side quest: installing Starlink as my second internet provider. Here's how it went.