Why you cut the cable? You can unplug the dish

Grazie dall’Italia. Finalmente qualcuno che ha avuto il coraggio di tagliare il cavo e dimostrare che può essere messo in casa e poi di nuovo attaccato con i giusti connettori. Grazie !!

I had to cut my Starlink cable to use it on my RV. Already had a ethernet port on the outside of the RV so I cut the end off that attaches to the router, leaving about 18" to connect the router to the ethernet port inside the RV. I did use shielded RJ45 connectors. Everything works perfectly.

Soooo useful to know

you should of taken the plug out of the dish, perhaps read instructions ??

Hello from Greece! I had the same problem and fear but this had them dissipated! Thank you very much! It's so unthoughtful to have such an inconvinent cable end!!!

You could also get RJ45 ends with shields and a coupler with shields so you wouldn't have to "twist" the drain wires together.

does the SL dish still able to move/function when looking for signal or relocated.

Perfect I need a short piece for my RV set up. Did you find out if that is a ground because I need it for a plug in and out for my dish.

Did you have anh POE power problems to the antenna motors afterwards?

Just some advice from someone who has installed plenty of outdoor-rated CAT6 cable. - The extra wire is the "sink" wire or ground for the internal shielding. You should use shielded CAT6 connectors instead. You typically wrap the "sink" wire with copper conductive tape around the outside of the cable sheathing before inserting it into the shielded CAT6 connector. Basically, the "sink" wire is what maintains continuity between the foil shielding inside the cable sheathing and the shielded connector. You should verify with a tester that the grounding checks out. - Also, if the connection is outside and exposed to any kind of moisture then you need to apply dielectric grease to keep the copper connections on the CAT6 jack from corroding. This technique has worked extremely well for my EnGenius Wireless Bridge setup for the last 4+ years. Of course, this is standard practice when installing satellite TV systems using RG6 coax. Personally, I'd install a single-gang outdoor receptacle with shielded CAT6 keystone coupler & outlet cover making the install look professional. Just a suggestion, try using a piece of electrical conduit or grommets when routing cable through the walls. Unlike copper water pipe, it doesn't have any sharp edges that could end up cutting through your cable. Even CPVC or PVC would work just fine but don't tell that to a code-Nazi electrician 🤣 Also, remember that every time that you add a coupler you lose a little bit of signal strength so try to keep your splicing to a minimum 😉 Excellent video 😉

Those bare metal wires aren't for grounding. They're used to collect water if any gets inside the cable. The blue shielding inside of the rubber jacket is what you'd normally consider ground for shielded ethernet cables.

Just a quick note. For the shielding wire you need to use a CAT6A connector and coupler.

noooo, tape no

Just found out that the other end of the cable which goes into the dish can easily come out too and it's much smaller so easier to pass through the wall

Awesome work

Think you might want to get an outdoor rated IP 68 RJ 45 COUPLER...Just saying

Looked like the performance went from 150Mbps to around 100Mbps.

We disconnected the antenna wire from the base and fed that end through the hole from inside the house and reconnected it to the antena outdoors and we avoided that issue.

So, you could also run the other end of the cable through. It collapses and doesn’t have the same size problem as the big end. I JUST learned this!!! Ugh.

I tried to splice into my existing CAT6 wire to my new construction house which required me to ignore the shielding and ground wire. The router can not find the dish. Will I have to run a Starlink cable to the router? I also used the t568B diagram because that is how my house was wired.

I'm about a year late to this, but there are two different ends. The large one which plugs into the base of the router is stupidly large (no idea why they did that, especially if it's just a standard ethernet cable), but the end which plugs into the dish is MUCH smaller, and can be collapsed to about a half inch, maybe 3/4" inch to help snake it through holes. Still bigger than an ethernet plug, but much better. Also, I had a lawn care professional accidentally hit my cable. I was waiting on a more permanent install (roof mount, but the roof is due for replacement so no point in mounting it just to redo it all later), and the cable had come loose when he hit it with his lawnmower. Knowing that this is just an ethernet cable inside (although it is shielded, so I'd recommend using shielded connectors and jacks) means I can "splice" it back together and not worry about it. Good thing I didn't throw it away.

If that works than you should be able to also add length with cat6 cable too.

your copper pipe appears to angle down into the wall, so if your box ever leaks water it will pool into the home, second, no gorunding at all which is a bigh problem I see in all these installs. Not only should the dish mount be grounded for static discharge, but the cable itself should be also to hopefully prevent a lightning hit making it into the house.

Unfortunately, you timelapsed through the most important part for those who have never worked with network cables.

Hi, Can you give us the Pin connections. I made mines and started with white/Orange Orange T568B. Can you help?

Hmmm I wonder if this is my solution to wanting to use a Tupavco TP303 now that starlink has started doing their best efforts to avoid liability. I'll be installing mine on a ROHN 25G tower some 20 or 30 feet tall to get over trees(but still well below them in height I have two problem trees that I think a tower will help clear the signal) and I am concerned with lightning strikes on the surrounding trees finding it's way to my tower, neverminding the direct strike thing. Maybe I'm overthinking it all, but I don't like a direct connection from the dish to the modem while it's sitting on a tower and it seems like using a surge protector before the cable enters my home is a really good idea despite their claims they are NEC complaint somehow someway. But searching the internet for days now hasn't been able to give me an answer because not many people are using starlink on towers. And what good does my UPS do me when the ethernet cable goes straight to the modem device before it hits the power inside it? My crappy DSL does just that BUT the phone line is grounded properly, before it enters the home. I understand they claim to be complaint for lightning, but it just seems wrong not to be grounded outside the building before it comes into the house. I'll probably be doing the ground rod thing if for no other reason than because it makes me feel better, but still. ANYWAYS. Just some venting. I really want this to work out to get away from windstream. Super thanks for trying this. I think I will use my 75 foot cable to try it before I consider doing it for my 150 foot cable.

There are shielded RJ45 connectors and sockets. CAT6A. Thanks for posting this.

I’m looking to do this, but with the high performance dish that has a power supply in line with the modem and dish. Hopefully the cable from the power supply to the large dish is CAT6, too

Thanks so much for this. Happy I don't have to use "Starlink Exterior Wall Kit" and drill giant holes to get that cable through. Hope they won't go full Apple and use some proprietary cable later on.

Could those wires be the sensor wire for snow melt ?

Great job Guy! Just bought a Starlink system and I'll be damned if I'm paying over £100 for a longer cable! Do we think they are still shipping those cables as CAT6 now?

I would suggest where the cable runs through the copper pipe through the wall, you clean up that sharp looking metal pipe end and perhaps fit some kind of rubber end. Otherwise in the future you are going have some chaffing on the Starlink cable.

So the ground wire isnt required to be externally grounded ?

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Yep. Twisting a 22 gauge shield wire together will certainly give you all the wire needed to conduct and protect everything from a trillion watts of energy from a lightning strike.

Thank you! My Starlink cable was eaten by the lawn mower. By watching the video I was able to repair it and it works like new!

You should use metal connectors and junction box. Then ground goes to the metal.

Great video - thanks!. It solves the question of whether a broken cable can still be used with a simple modification. It certainly saves on having to buy another cable from Starlink. I think you are right about the extra wire on the Starlink cable could be used for a ground (it's a rip cord). If you used shielded RJ-45 plugs with the cable (where you'd crimp the wire after pulling it back to go under the metal of the shielded RJ-45 plug and the foil shielding) instead of the standard RJ-45 plugs, you could ensure a solid crimped connection. Though, what you did works just fine as you proved. Nice work!

Yeah I’m not the only one who sticks em on chimneys

Has it disconnected when you modified the cable? Wondering if CAT 8 will work with the starlink connectors then using it on the starlink router and the dish.

This is a brilliant idea i had always known it will work because research showed that the cable is same as cat6 own, another way round is to feed the other end of the cable (i mean the end connecting to the router itself not the outdoor antenna) since is not a 90 degree angle it should be able to go through, thanks a bunch for this video it has brought more confidence to those doubting before.

Yes cool. I need a flat-cable for the Window. It could be working. I don't want to drill through the wall...

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Aren’t you supposed to feed other end through? it’s straight

How many wire the starlink cable 6 wire different color

Thank you!! from Chile

You can actually put POE injector of 48v and put the other end to any Router.

Hello from Italy! If I’m not wrong, the two sides of Ethernet cable you crimped are in T-568A (Green White / Green / Orange White / Blue / Blue White / Orange / Brown White / Brown) while Starlink has a different sequence (T-568B, Orange White / Orange / Green White / Blue / Blue White / Green / Brown White / Brown). I can’t find any other information about that and I have to repeat the work in my Rv, could you please confirm that? Thank you!

Cool video sir thanks for this,glad it worked for you guys. We are a small family business and we install Starlink professionally for people all the time. Always wondered if that would work. Now you know it does.