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Starlink Gen 2 cable extension

My gen 2 is on the way BUT I can no longer extend the cable as you could with gen 1 since there is no power brick that allowed you to use ethernet cable from the brick in an out location to the modem in the house. Can I put the gen 2 modem in an out building with power, use the ethernet adapter and run exterior cat 6 cable to another modem in the house? Can't come up with any other option. HELP!

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Terry

Jan 11, 2023

Hi there,

I have read a few threads along this vein but not sure if I got a clear answer so I will describe my scenario.

I have ordered, and will soon receive, my Starlight kit ( with rectangular dish). The kit includes the 75 foot cable.

I plan to mount the dish on a pole on my property that is approx 150 feet from the utility room in the house where the router will be located.

I can get inside the house (via conduit) for the first 50 feet but will well short of the utility room.

So, the 75 foot cable for the kit will not work in this scenario.

I have extra (un-committed) Cat5 cables running from the pole into the utility room.

Here is question #1: Is the Starlink cable compatible with Cat5?

Question #2: Can I cut the Starlink cable and connect it to the Cat5 and then reconnect the Starlink cable on the other end of the Cat5 line - near the location of the router?

In other words, can I add 75 feet of Cat5 line in the middle of a Starlink &75') cable and it would still work?

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Terry

Bruce Rhyne

Jan 11, 2023

Replying to

Hi Terry, first, the Starlink cable isn't compatible with Cat5 since the Starlink cable is POE (runs power over the ethernet cable). For that same reason, you can't splice Cat 5 or anything into the middle of it. Because of the proprietary connectors, you just have to use their cable. Some have been able to splice the SL connector onto the end of another cable but that is beyond my skill set. I'm not exactly sure of your set up. Are you going from pole--->utility room with power--->house?

If so:

1) I would use the 150 ft SL cable (order it ASAP) from the dish on the pole, down and over to the utility room and modem/router. 150 is the maximum length for the poe cable that they have and it can't be extended easily. Their cable is not buriable so either run it on poles or use conduit.

2) Run Cat 6e or 7 from the SL modem/router to another router in your house. You can use Cat 5 but will lose some speed. You can run Cat 6e for 330 ft with no problem and can get buriable cable. Mine runs 275 ft. I bought Cat 7 on Amazon and it works great but 6 is really all you need. You can turn off the WiFi in the SL modem/router and use the signal from the in house router if it is better positioned.

My house is about 450 ft from my dish and this is pretty much what I did. It works great as long as you have PLENTY of clear sky for the dish. Good luck.

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