Reverse engineering of the Starlink Ethernet adapter

olegkutkov.me

54 points·BonoboIO··5 comments

This new cable is the worst thing about starlink. Their bizarro choice to make it difficult / impossible to mount on existing poles is a close second.

(Sent via the dumb starlink cable, which I’ve routed through a window that can no longer close. We have existing cat 6 from the router to the dish, and will eventually splice things together with a sacrificial starlink cable. Grr.)

Consider stashing the router outside near dishy using an outdoor equipment box, and run cat6 from there into the interior. Rubber grommets or gaskets are key for moisture and pest mitigation.

https://a.co/5J4Zr3D

Just did this for an install with Dishy on a standing seam steel roof mount on a vacation home (not mine) in upstate NY.

In the SF Bay area, so the box would need to keep the router in operating temperature range on days when it is > 104F in the shade. Also, the router can’t be powered by PoE, so I’d have to run AC anyway to it anyway.

The dishy cable is cat 5e that is thinner / lower amperage than solid strand cat 6, so I cut it in two and stuck cat 6 ends on it. Ubiquiti makes an outdoor F to F Cat 6 lightning suppressor, which I have on the roof. Indoor F/F adaptors cost about $1.

Split core cable glands. Look at Icotek.

from the article itself:

> UPDATES, June 14 > SPX proprietary connector it’s a USB-C connector in an unusual shape. You can bend the USB-C to fit the SpaceX one.

So it looks like the adapter is just usb-c bend to look like hdmi so people dont toy with it right away.

How adventurous are you? ;)

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