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Caprice24
May 13, 2022Tutor
Orbi 6e cannot connect to Starlink
Well I wasn't able to get the Orbi 960 to get an Internet connection with Starlink V2, using the Starlink Ethernet adapter, so have filed a trouble ticket with Netgear. The unit is getting an IP addr...
- Jun 10, 2022I just purchased the orbi 6e and tried to get ot to work with my starlink gen2 and had the same exact issue. After spending three nights on the phone with netgear tech support for 3-4 hours each time and them escalating it then escalating it again to their engineering department I was given no time frame for a fix. After much research online and trying everything I could find I decided to try a netgear gs108t switch. I plugged the switch in directly from the starlink ethernet adapter then the orbi 6e into that and it works perfect. Netgear definitely has an issue with the orbi working with starlink directly but this was the only work around I could get to work.
Caprice24
May 09, 2022Tutor
I have the Starlink V2 (rectangular version 2) system, and recently installed the Starlink Ethernet adapter, which allows one to connect devices up directly to the Starlink router.
I have the Orbi 6e quad band mesh system (AXE110000), and have tried without luck to connect to the Starlink via their Ethernet adapter. I have also tried turning on the Orbi's AP mode as well as the normal default router mode, and have also tried changing the DNS server to be 8.8.8.8 but too didn't work. Of course, power cycling both Starlink and Orbi's (all three of them) and disconnecting/reconnecting cables and re-power cycling was tried.
Has anyone been able to get Starlink V.2 (rectangular dishy) to connect to the Orbi 6e? If so, please publish your steps to make this work.
Note that I was able to to install the Orbi system and get it to work with my Xfinity Cable modem service and install the latest updates/patches from Netgear, as well as access the Internet fine.
The problem is just doesn't seem to want to obtain a valid IP address from the Starlink Wifi V2 and access the Internet.
Thanks,
Nick
MarkRamos
May 09, 2022Aspirant
Your suspension may be correct. When I setup my Orbi it recognized that Starlink was using it's default address range and Orbi switched to 10.0.0.0/24. Possibly you need to manually update Orbi to use another range if not occurring automatically.