I am setting up a new Starlink LAN.
Currently have an ATT gateway. The gateway has a router connected via cat 5 cable in another room. That router provides most of the wifi coverage for the house. This router is set up so it passes thru the ATT gateway (bridge mode?).
The ATT gateway still has wifi enabled but only works at the far end of the house. This arrangement has worked fine for a couple of years.
The ATT gateway is also hardwired to the computer in in the same room.
Have the Starlink router. Got the Starlink splitter. Also bought a five port ethernet switch. Want to replicate what we have above but with Starlink the bypass mode is either for everything or nothing.
The only way I can see to make this work is:
Connect the switch to the ehternet cable for the router in the other roo.
Buy a second router for the room with the computer and the Starlink modem.
Put the Starlink router in bypass mode.
We need 2 routers, one at each end of the house for complete wifi coverage since Starlink can't be set in bypass mode and still keep wifi.
Will this work? I.e. have 2 routers hard wired to the Starlink modem which is in bypass mode.
Hope you understand what I'm trying to do and open to suggestions.
Thanks.
Hi Hume,
Yes that should work just fine. When in bypass mode you can hardwire as many devices/routers as you’d like off an Ethernet switch (depending on how many ports it has). You can setup each router with the same SSID and Password if you’d like that way it should switch seamlessly (on wireless devices) from router to router depending on your location in the home.
If you are port forwarding on one of the new routers it should work in the same way your old setup was as the connected hardline off of your switch is providing internet but should not interfere if the router is programmed correctly for port forwarding.
If I’m not reading this correctly please let me know and I will see if there is any other info I can provide.
One other comment:
Per the above existing network the remote router is set for bypass mode because it has port forwarding and streams video out similar to a Slingbox or Tablo.