Gen 1 Router
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I have the original router I could sell you. Or, I use my OG dishy with a TP-Link ER605 with a dsl failover. Works like a charm. Any router should work.
The Gen 3 router is also PoE just like the OG one was and runs at the same voltage - So you could use that. Or any other router will do just fine.
The mini router also works well as a mesh extender with the standard Starlink . I have two setup in my house to share WiFi throughout the two story house I live in.
Personally, I added a switch for more ports, ran it to a 802.3bt poe injector and out to some EAP773's - also the default router's wifi is really good, people just suck at placement. Honestly, just picking up some cheap RE550's and plugging them in around the house where the signal is bad will do wonders, and probably still max out your Starlink connection. I have one plugged in in a garage about 100m away and it still works, although doesn't give much more than 8-32 Mbps.
If you aren't going with Starlink components I'd go with ubiquiti or "UniFi" as it kind of come to be known. I use to Starlink routers inside my house and I have one far away in the back yard for when we have guests for fire nights and lake watching just my $.02
if u have the budget for it, nothing really beats ubiquiti, but u will need to buy a cloud gateway (or not if u can just set a network application up on an old laptop) and a few aps, u can still use the starlink router as an ap (which is what Im doing temporarly as I am waiting for a gateway, im running the network application on my main laptop, slows it down a little bit, but as I am studying for my alevels now I dont need it to do anything other than run chrome so its fine). You can just get one u7 lite for around a 100 pounds, if u want a bit more u can buy an express 7 for around 200 and another ap and put the starlink into bridge mode
Starlink, a little expensive but worth it
My research for a similar application led me to the FritzBox 6860 for 5G, but that only makes sense if 5G is available and you need a range extender/mesh. For 80m2 a hotspot is probably sufficient and you could get away with something like the FritzBox 6820 for around 150€. I ended up getting Starlink when they were offering the hardware for free. It’s a bit overkill, but it’s worth having if your place has frequent service interruptions.
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