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Re: Orbi 6e cannot connect to Starlink
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
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This RBRE960 owner seems to have it working with Starlink; https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/t246sd/netgear_orbi_router/. There are a lot of other reddit posts about Orbis, some saying it can take a long time for the Orbi to acquire an IP address.
I'm surprised that you could not get AP mode to work. Assuming you can plug a wired PC into the Starlink equipment, get an IP via DHCP and access the Internet then the Orbi base router should be able to do exactly the same thing. Is it unable to acquire an IP via DHCP plugged into the same ethernet port as a test PC?
Hi Mikey Mikey94025 ,
Yes, the laptop connection Ethernet to Starlink V2. works just fine.
Here's a picture of the IP address with ipconfig cmd being run in Windows 11 Cmd line, followed by tracert to Google's DNS 8.8.8.8
Web pages load fine from the laptop directly connected to Starlink Ethernet
The problems begin when I insert Orbi into the loop.
When using Dynamic IP and regardless of whether I select Google DNS 8.8.8.8 or not, I don't get full access to the Internet through the Orbi. However ping works fine through the Orbi to Starlink, but not with network translation of websites, eg only IP addresses work, not for example www.yahoo.com.
Tracert does not work at all with IP addresses through the Orbi.
Here you can see ipconfig on Windows shows Orbi is giving my laptop an address of 172.16.0.2 and the gateway for Orbi is 172.16.0.1. And Tracert doesn't work.Static IP configuration makes no difference on Orbi, still the same issue.
Caprice24 wrote:Just guessing since we're grasping at straws here -- Could it be an IPV6 thing? Perhaps stick with Access Point mode (eliminate Double NAT, though you said before it still did not work) and then try disabling IPV6 in your Orbi, also try the different Internet Setup / Router MAC Address options (e.g., Use Computer MAC Address).
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.
