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Connecting Starlink to Netgear 4 - Stream AX1800 WiFi 6 Router
I have just got Starlink and can connect wirelessly to it fine. I can put it in bypass mode, plug a 2m ethernet cable into the adaptor and connect this to my Netgear 4 - Stream AX1800 WiFi 6 Router, r...
- SOLVED! I put a switch in between the Starlink ethernet adapter and the cat cable which runs up to our house and connects to the Netgear router. No idea why this would make any difference but the router recognised the cable straight away.
Similar to a Cable Modem (configured for a consumer or SMB service, without a special service for a bigger network with multiple Internet addresses, the Starlink Modem in bridge mode can does accept just one MAC address (== one computer, smart TV, or router WAN port at a time). Rebooting the Starlink might be required to forget the previous MAC address. (says my friend sailing the seas worldwide with a Starlink and a Netgear WiFi Mesh on-board).
SOLVED! I put a switch in between the Starlink ethernet adapter and the cat cable which runs up to our house and connects to the Netgear router. No idea why this would make any difference but the router recognised the cable straight away.
Glad you got it working. Please mark your thread as solved so others will know. Be sure to save off a back up configuration to file for safe keeping. Saves time if a reset is needed.
https://kb.netgear.com/24231/How-do-I-back-up-the-router-configuration-settings-on-my-Nighthawk-router
Enjoy. 📡Thank you for the approach. Very strange, Gigabit Ethernet links are supposed to come up reliably. Would like to challenge Netgear to look into this interop issue.
