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Ricochet that is brilliant, thanks so much! It's a new Starlink installation replacing 2x Vodafone routers/networks. I've installed the Asus nodes (last night) and it all went painlessly... yes I did name it differently! I hadn't bypassed the router yet though and it all seems to be working ok... I did 'forget' the Starlink network on my devices... Why is it best to Bypass please? Thanks for the info on the Starlink router no contributing... I suspected as much as I'm essentially replacing the original Starlink network. Hardwiring the Mac- thanks, that is very true... I like to Airdrop back and forth between my iPhone and Mac - if they're on the same network segment then this is possible! Great stuff, so helpful - thanks again!

Hi there - I just took delivery of a new rectangular dish and ethernet adapter a couple of day ago here in the UK. It became apparent that I'd need to extend range and coverage as I have a fairly big and spread out property, so I've ordered an Asus ZenWifi XD6 Mesh System 2pack (actually ordered 2x two packs incase I needed four nodes). I'm fairly new to mesh networks and had a couple of questions... When I set up the Mesh network via the ethernet adapter does this take the Starlink router out of the equation? Or does the coverage from it still contribute to the system? I thought that it might not contribute, because I'm setting up a new ASUS network/password..?! Really hard to find good info on this on the internet - actually a tough thing to search and get the right question out there. Also I'm planning on putting small ethernet switch between the Starlink router and the first ASUS node so that I can take a cable off to a Mac to hardwire the internet connection... is this the best way to do this? Or should I go with no switch and take the ethernet out of the back of the ASUS? Any advice welcome please! Many thanks.