Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@darconeous
Last active September 8, 2024 20:26
Show Gist options
  • Save darconeous/8c7899c4d2f849b881d6c43be55066ee to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save darconeous/8c7899c4d2f849b881d6c43be55066ee to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Hacking the Rectangular Starlink Dishy Cable
@sjkjs
Copy link

sjkjs commented Mar 21, 2024

Is anybody else experiencing the dish going into a reboot loop in the past couple of weeks (possibly related to a recent firmware update)?

As soon as my dish comes online and obtains internet access, it reboots within about 5 seconds. It's in an infinite loop having done this for a few days straight now.

I've replaced the cable with a brand new genuine Starlink cable, crimped with a new RJ45 on the end. I've also replaced the power supply with a quality industrial 48V 2.5A supply. The problem persists.

At this point I was confident that the dish had gone bad, but interestingly if I plug it into the stock Starlink router, it works perfectly. Something has changed which is preventing my setup from working. Nothing was changed on my end (the parts I replaced were replaced after the fault started).

Considering it reboots shortly AFTER coming online, I suspect that Starlink is detecting that I'm not using the stock router and is issuing a reboot command.

Update: Of course, after spending the past 2 days on this problem and spending money trying to fix it, I solved (or at least made some progress) 30 minutes after making this post. I unplugged the cable between the POE injector and the network switch but left the dish plugged into the POE injector. So basically the dish was receiving power but did not have anything on the other end of the wire to talk to. It booted up and came online then started downloading a firmware update. After installing the update it rebooted (normal update process). After coming back up on the new firmware I plugged the cable back into the switch. It stayed online this time and, at least for 30 minutes so far, has been rock solid. I have no idea what happened but for some reason the previous firmware threw a fit when there was something on the other end of the cable.

@torrmundi
Copy link

torrmundi commented Mar 21, 2024 via email

@bghira
Copy link

bghira commented Mar 21, 2024

sounds like you needed an update.. it worked once you plugged into stock router, probably then downloaded the update, and applied it later.

@WIMMPYIII
Copy link

WIMMPYIII commented Mar 21, 2024

Is anybody else experiencing the dish going into a reboot loop in the past couple of weeks (possibly related to a recent firmware update)?

As soon as my dish comes online and obtains internet access, it reboots within about 5 seconds. It's in an infinite loop having done this for a few days straight now.

I've replaced the cable with a brand new genuine Starlink cable, crimped with a new RJ45 on the end. I've also replaced the power supply with a quality industrial 48V 2.5A supply. The problem persists.

At this point I was confident that the dish had gone bad, but interestingly if I plug it into the stock Starlink router, it works perfectly. Something has changed which is preventing my setup from working. Nothing was changed on my end (the parts I replaced were replaced after the fault started).

Considering it reboots shortly AFTER coming online, I suspect that Starlink is detecting that I'm not using the stock router and is issuing a reboot command.

Update: Of course, after spending the past 2 days on this problem and spending money trying to fix it, I solved (or at least made some progress) 30 minutes after making this post. I unplugged the cable between the POE injector and the network switch but left the dish plugged into the POE injector. So basically the dish was receiving power but did not have anything on the other end of the wire to talk to. It booted up and came online then started downloading a firmware update. After installing the update it rebooted (normal update process). After coming back up on the new firmware I plugged the cable back into the switch. It stayed online this time and, at least for 30 minutes so far, has been rock solid. I have no idea what happened but for some reason the previous firmware threw a fit when there was something on the other end of the cable.

I had a client yesterday that had similar problems. Several power cycles router and injection brick and patiently waiting 30 minutes between. update went through and everything was fine after that.

@morehardware
Copy link

morehardware commented Mar 22, 2024 via email

@UnknowUser0815
Copy link

Hello, can someone please help me get an answer to the questions with the question marks?

I don't want to damage my hardware.

Is this setup possible or do I also need the Dish-RJ45 adapter?

If not, how do I patch the CAT cable between Dish (https://amzn.eu/d/9qXAmcy) and Edup PoE Injector (https://amzn.eu/d/1gppFWD)?

Thanks

2

@WIMMPYIII
Copy link

WIMMPYIII commented Sep 7, 2024

Hello, can someone please help me get an answer to the questions with the question marks?

I don't want to damage my hardware.

Is this setup possible or do I also need the Dish-RJ45 adapter?

If not, how do I patch the CAT cable between Dish (https://amzn.eu/d/9qXAmcy) and Edup PoE Injector (https://amzn.eu/d/1gppFWD)?

Thanks

2

Just cut 568b. All these purpose built injectors flip the power for you internally so all you need is standard 568b ends.

@UnknowUser0815
Copy link

Thx WIMMBYIII

Normally you use a second additional Edup device (Starlink to RJ45 adapter) into which you plug the end of the original router and this device also has a T-568B output connection to the PoE Injector. So you don't have to X-swap the cables.

But I don't want to use the original cable/router, just keep it for safety.

I was concerned about how the small adapter is pinned from the dish to RJ45, but I also assume T-568B.

@WIMMPYIII
Copy link

Thx WIMMBYIII

Normally you use a second additional Edup device (Starlink to RJ45 adapter) into which you plug the end of the original router and this device also has a T-568B output connection to the PoE Injector. So you don't have to X-swap the cables.

But I don't want to use the original cable/router, just keep it for safety.

I was concerned about how the small adapter is pinned from the dish to RJ45, but I also assume T-568B.

Yep and you can cut the router end and make a spx-90 to 568b pigtail and couple it if for whatever reason you want to use it.

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment