Max Transit Duo Router with Starlink 12-48V POE Modification

[wz-shopping]

Hi,

It seems there was some issues when using connecting Starlink using its own Ethernet adaptor to the WAN port of Max Transit Duo (and some other routers), at least in the past.

For example:

MAX BR1 Pro 5G WAN to Starlink directly without Starlink Router

Last week I have bought a MAX BR1 PRO 5G Global version with firmware 8.4.0 installed. And have connected my Dishy via a POE injector directly towards the Peplink Router via Ethernet. (not the Starlink Ethernet dongle but via the POE injector data port) I have setup my connection to the Pepwave max to the WAN port and setup according to the youtube video with MTU 1500 and DNS checks and also added the management IP 192.168.100.2 to be able to use the Starlink App without the Starlink Router. Al…

Starlink and Max Transit Duo SLOWer than Starlink by itself ???

Been working with Peplink support on this. They did not have a Starlink gen2 dish/router to test with so I have been assisting with my setup. I setup a remote assistance session with their engineering team who spent a few hours trying some things out. They see the packet loss but was unable to determine where it’s coming from. We changed out cables and they gathered logs for analysis. Their findings: PING from the Transit Pro-E WAN interface to our device WAN IP (202.190.63.215), we can see t…

I recently upgraded my router’s firmware to 8.4.1, and I have done the 12-48V modification for my Starlink set up (i.e. feeding 12V DC to a DC-DC converter to get 48V and then feeding the 48V to a POE injector).

Haven’t tried connecting Starlink to Transit Duo’s WAN port yet (via the POE injector), but I would like to know if anyone have tried it on firmware version 8.4.1, does it still have problem with this setup?

Thanks!

[Chris_Boer]

I had no issues with 8.4.0 and I also have no issues with 8.4.1 as I have upgraded I think a month ago.

[Zachary_Hazell]

No issues with my Max Transit Duo running the latest firmware 8.4.1. Been using Starlink powered with 12v-48v in our RV for the last 2 years. The Dishy is plugged directly into the Pepwave router (not using the Starlink router or ethernet adapter).

No issues at all using it this way.

You can enable the Starlink integration which gives you some status stuff like if it’s Stowed or not.

[wz-shopping]

But I remember you had to use a switch: Starlink connect to the switch and the switch connect to PepWave router WAN port, right?

MAX BR1 Pro 5G WAN to Starlink directly without Starlink Router

@mystery I don’t have 24V but 12V, also there is no Victron 12V - 56V DC-DC converter but there is nothing wrong with the hardware nor the cabling itself. Also you only need the higher Watt output for the heating of the dish and that is not required over here, also the inverter I have is 48,3V 3A and that is enough. And you do have to Swap the cable order on the outgoing data side with this passive POE like the one I use if you use yaosheng you overcome the need of swapping as this is done ins…

Or can you connect Starlink directly to PepWave router WAN port now and have no performance issues?

Thanks!

[Zachary_Hazell]

If you are using the Starlink Router with ethernet adapter, I had to use a switch in between the pepwave and Starlink adapter.

However, if Dishy is plugged directly into the Pepwave (with modified cable), you can plug it directly into Pepwave with on issues. This is how I’m running mine.

[wz-shopping]

This is good to know. I will try when I get a chance. Thank you very much!