Starlink Mini as a Failover

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Starlink Mini is a compact, portable satellite dish by SpaceX, costing £159, and can be put into 'Standby Mode' for £4.50 per month.
The £4.50 Standby Plan offers unlimited low-speed data (500kbps) and allows restarting full bandwidth service when needed.
Starlink Mini has decent latency (18ms to 1.1.1.1, mean 26ms) and average power draw of around 13w.
Starlink recently launched higher speed plans (100Mbps, 200Mbps, and 'Max' with speeds 400Mbps+) and offers a free Starlink Mini with the Residential Max plan.
IPv6 configuration with UniFi requires manual setup due to a bug that prevents automatic default IPv6 route assignment.
Starlink uses Carrier-Grade NAT (CGNAT) for IPv4, making port forwarding impossible, but IPv6 provides a routable address space.
A workaround for the UniFi IPv6 routing bug involves manually adding the default route via SSH.
Starlink as a secondary WAN connection provides automatic failover and remains operational during power cuts, unlike FTTP.
The dish requires a relatively clear view of the sky but can work behind thin layers like glass.

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