So, I installed the Starlink dishy on my sailboat and powered it up from 12v to 48 v step-up DC converter via a POE injector (keeping in mind the non-standard POE pinout of the Starlink cable!). I connected the WAN port of my Mikrotik router to the POE injector data port and added a static route to 198.162.100.1 to the Mikrotik rWAN port so that the dishy management interface could be found. When watching the DHCP client on WAN port I see that after I power the router and the dishy (they are on the same 12v circuit) the dishy first gives the DHCP client an address in the 192.168.100.1/24 range with 5 seconds lease time and keeps renewing it until it finds a satellite to talk to, then it provides a real Internet address with a 5 min lease. So far, so good, - the Internet speeds I see are unbelievable for the locations I visit (and many of them had no cellular Internet connectivity prior at all). Now, though, quite often after I power my setup down for the night (to conserve my boat batteries) and power it up in the morning the DHCP client on Mikrotik WAN interface says “searching”, the dishy management interface is inaccessible and it stays like that until I power cycle my set up a few (usually 2 to 3) time! Then the correct cycle starts (see above) and eventually, dishy goes online and hands out the Internet connection. I checked the POE injector and the DC step-up converter, - all good. The cable crimps seem good. When I use a female-to-female CAT6a RJ45 connector to connect the dishy to the Starlink router and power it up via inverter it always starts immediately and gives access to its management interface. I tried other third-party routers instead of the Mikrotik and they work fine at every power cycling. I don’t want to use them, though, because they need an inverter for power and because I am familiar with configuring the Mikrotik router and it allows me to set up several WAN ports to get Internet from my WiFi extender, cellular modem, etc with failover, etc. What might be going on here?
I would run /tool sniffer quick interface=ether1 (assuming that ether1 is the WAN interface of the Mikrotik) in this state to see what is going on there. Also /interface ethernet monitor ether1 could reveal something useful.
You said you “I power cycle my set up a few (usually 2 to 3) time! Then the correct cycle starts”
Start by changing your process.. Power cycle one piece only. Don’t power cycle both.
Can you confirm that the Ethernet link is up? I suspect it is if the DHCP client says “searching”.
Your entire post, it sounds like you Starlink dish is the problem..
When it is working, what is the Ethernet port showing for “Partner advertising”? When it isn’t working, does it show differently?
When it isn’t working and not giving your Mikrotik router an IP address, instead of powering everything off, can you connect a computer to it to see if the computer gets an IP address using DHCP?
Starlink straight up stopped giving my mikrotik an ip address when plugged directly into dishy. The ethernet link light wont even turn on if I plug it into the mikrotik.
The starlink router seems to work fine (the link light even turns on on the poe injector. The mikrotik gets an IP address from the starlink router perfectly fine.
Facing same problem too.
Which one of the two distinct ones decribed above?
Hi, I have a similar problem but not the same. When I connect ether1 port of a RB3011 to starlink through Yaosheng POE Injector, I see intermittent reachable/unreachable status. The 48Volt power source it’s ok (and try 3 different ones) and the cable test option on ether1 alternate between normal and open randomly in 3 of the 4 pairs, but the same cable connected to Starling route works fine. The Yaosheng it’s brand new, I haven’t another unit to test, but I didn’t find anyone in internet that claim a fail unit. Any in idea mikrotik side configuration?
You are trying to power your Starlink system with an alternate power supply, it isn’t working and you are thinking your RouterBoard is the issue?
First, does it work with the proper power supply?
Which cable are we talking about here? The original Starlink one with the USB-C in a proprietary shaped shielding or the RJ-45 between the “standard” side of the injector and the router? What is the current (amperes) rating of the power supplies you use?