Satellite Internet Forum

Installation Group for all ViaSat Products, certified and qualified

We work in HI, CA, NV, AZ, NM, OK & West TX, USA

If you need installations of any ViaSat products please contact me at

JoseS@teammulticom.com

I have just setup a NewSat 2 way internet system (LinkStar), it came standard with 30ft cables as my signal was a little weak (4 zeros) I was told if I shortened the cables it would work better. This was a big mistake as i cut one cable into 2 and now if I use the short cable on transmit it will not work, luckly I still have one long cable so I use this ...

I have several questions regarding LNB orientation on Ptriot 1.2 m antenna and Linkstar viasat modem.

1. what is the correct position of the LNB regarding to the Filter? Should LNB's resonator pin look stright in to the Filter's tunnel (i.e. be in line with tunnel's center line?) Should LNB's aperture be in parallel with Filter's aperture, or crossed?

2. What is the correct position of the LNB relative to the BUC? Should heat radiator ...

An unknown person stole a Linkstar Indoor Unit from a cybercafe about May/June this year. All attempts to locate it have not been successful.

Can someone help with how to trace and locate the missing Indoor Unit in the Net?

is there any other way to configure linkstar terminal except telnet :?:

Two out of five Linkstar boxes we have ordered recently are having the same problem - the "SAT" led will not come on. :?:
When we telnet into the box and use the command tcmp, we can see that the coderate section as A/N instead of 5/6. At first we thought the boot-string was missing so we applied it and it was accepted by the box but ...

First I would like to say that is a great web site. This is my first time posting. Ok, the problem is I had all of my equipment set up and had a BER of .000004-.000002 (93%Signal) but, the LinkStar modem kept dropping the link. It was very random, it would stay linked for 5 or 6 days then drop the link, anywhere from 5 mins. to 3 to 4 hours. Sometimes it was every ...

I have 2 terminals both programed Identically. The LED on one for the Sat signal will blink. slow 1 sec on and off it will not go to the fast blink.

When i switch the terminals the other acts normally. everything from the dish to the terminals is working properly the BER for both is usally 0 or.00000x. power out put for both at the dish is the same. Any ideas why the one terminal ...

Hi all, I have Linkstar Modem which the FW version is locked by Particular ISP. I treid the method of

unlockrcst -kr 0000
unlockrcst -kr 999

But No success :? RCST LOCK Info Below:

rcst info:
RCST locked with software version prior to 2.2

Does anybody could help regards this Issue?

Hi guys,

Just wondering if somebody more knowledgeable than myself could tell me what a Viasat Linkstar modem (Part # 1038981) is worth in $AUD?

I guess it might be good to know what a compatible 1.2m dish should set me back as well.

My reason for asking is that I'm in dispute with my ISP over the allotment of my Broadband Connect funding and I need to know some ballpark figures before I pursue ...