Josh Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Really need some help here! So, we hooked up our new Starlink about a week and a half ago. Set up and service have been great....until yesterday afternoon. Suddenly we had no internet service. Out phones and computers wouldn't even find the WiFi account we set up. I rechecked all connections. I powered down and back up (several times). I even went as far as to disconnect everything and start over. And still nothing. The first odd thing I noticed was that there was a new WiFi network showing up on my phone and laptop, titled STINKY. It's an open network with no security password. I say it's odd because we live very rural and the nearest neighbor is easily a quarter mile away. The "STINKY" WiFi network that's appearing would have to be one of the strongest I've ever encountered. The second odd thing I discovered this morning was when I tried seeing if our own WiFi network was back up, hoping maybe the issue self corrected. When I opened my WiFi Connections window on my phone, the "STINKY" network was no longer appearing, but the WiFi scan just kept spinning with no results. I went in to power down the router (again hoping that might miraculously fix the issue) but forgot that I had already unplugged it earlier this morning. I plugged in the router and almost immediately the "STINKY" network appeared! I unplugged the router and the network disappeared! I did this several times and got the same results each time; unplug, STINKY disappears. Plug in, STINKY reappears. This is causing me to think that maybe somehow my network I set up when I initially set up my Starlink, has been hijacked. And I have no idea what to do about it. If anyone can help out, I would be forever grateful!! My wife and I both have to have internet for our jobs and this is causing major issues! This forum is the closest thing I have found to Starlink support and I hope someone can help here! Thanks in advance!! Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted August 16, 2022 Author Share Posted August 16, 2022 Got it resolved. Looked up an article on how to do a Factory reset on my router and learned that "STINKY" is one of the 2 default network names Starlink uses after a factory reset. Apparently my router did a factory reset on it's own. So, no hijacking occurred and I have my internet back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbeaudet Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Thank you for posting this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vajrapath Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Thank you! Had the same thing happen and thought the same thing! Yay! Our hero! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarlinkLeader Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Elon and his team decided to change WiFi names to Stinky upon firmware updates/reset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenmiller Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Should I have to enter a password to access StINKY? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarlinkLeader Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 https://support.starlink.com/ Search wifi pass on that page @Karenmiller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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