How To Bypass The Starlink Gen 3 Router

In this tutorial, learn how to enable bypass mode on the Gen 2 and Gen 3 Starlink routers. Bypass mode disables the Wifi and routing functions of the Starlink router, enabling you to use your own 3rd party router.

[jjk]

Thank you for this video! 10 out of 10! It provides simple, easy to follow instructions on how to connect to an Eero Mesh Network. I’ve watched many videos on how to set it up, and this is by far, the best video on how to set everything up.

[boeingfan]

Thank you for your video. May I please ask; I bought a brand new TP-Link BE800 router today, and it works fine until I put the StarLink gen 3 into bypass mode, then the TP-Link says it has no internet access. You mentioned on your page that a static address will fix this; could you please do a video to show how to enter the static details?

[kwakumike]

When you turn the starlink to bypass mode, do you have to assign the static ip 192.168.100.2 to your wan interface to point it to the starlink dish? Or it will assign an ip to the wan interface via DHCP?

[TheErme]

What about if my router have the same ip ?

[Civillizer]

All my Cctv Cameras have a static IP of which the gateway is 192.168.8.1.Can I change the bypassed router to match the same IP address with my cameras.

[johnsullivan]

I have a generation 3 router along with the new dish. I understand everything you explained including going into bypass mode. The generation 3 router has two ethernet ports. I wanted to set up two separate Wi-Fi networks.

First, I went to the starlink app and I placed the star link router into bypass mode. As you describe in the video. No problem.

The I plugged ethernet port 1 from the starlink router into my wifi router one and confirmed that everything was set up correctly for network one. I performed two or three speed test and achieved 250 megabytes per second on average for each test. I went to several different websites and confirmed everything was behaving correctly.

I then hooked ethernet port 2 in the Starlink router to my other Wi-Fi router. I had the router already set up correctly. I tested using internet speed test. The test results were poor. Achieving up to 80 megabytes per second but then as the test continued the megabytes per second reduced from 80 to 70 to 60 to 50 and so forth. And it could not perform any upload test.

I went back to Wi-Fi router one and performed speed test. The results were very random and in fact quite a few times it told me that it had no internet access. This persisted for 30 minutes while I messed around with it to see what's going on. Finally, I disconnected Wi-Fi 2 from the star link ethernet port 2. At that point Wi-Fi router one started working properly with starlink. I was now again getting speeds in the range of 250 megabytes per second.

It appears at least in my case that I cannot have two different Wi-Fi networks with one working off of one ethernet port associated with the starlink and the other working off the second port. For some reason they seem to conflict.

Would you have an opportunity to test a scenario like I have described. Put the star link into bypass mode and then hook a wireless router to one ethernet port. Then add a completely different wireless router to the second starlink ethernet port. Do you have problems similar to what I ran into? I would be interested in this experiment...

[maryanneobrien]

I have the Gen 3 Starlink and got a third-party router to resolve the IP address issue that happens in bypass mode. I set it up the configuration as shown in the video and followed the third-party's Starlink video with the specific instructions for set up, but continue to get the message that the IP address is already in use.

Any ideas as to what I'm missing? I've spent 2 days on this and am running out of ideas.

[santaclaus]

Thx. Could I also remove the router completely and connect the dish with a POE injector directly to the WAN port of my network?

[Cristo_Mario]

would there be any reason that a non wifi router (wired only router like the TP-Link ER605 V2 Wired Gigabit VPN Router) will not work when following your instructions in this vid? This will mean no wifi signal from the gen 3 router and only ethernet connection from the TP-link router?

[YourMC-zmfo]

So if you have two routers in different places you would also need two starlink mesh’s?

[dukebeach]

I just ordered a Starlink Gen 3 system. It is my understanding that you go into "bypass" mode from their app, and then their modem is now just a PoE for power to the sat dish.

I have a Deco (TP-Link) mesh system set up with another ISP (will cancel when I get the Starlink up and running) with 2, X-90's (1 acting as main router, the second as a satellite) and 2, X-68's acting as satellites.

I have over 50 smart devices set up with this mesh system.

I'd like to be able to use the same network SSID and password that I have set up currently so that I don't have to go to each smart device's app and reconnect to the Starlink ISP.

How do I go about doing that? I get the physical connections and the bypass mode in Starlink app, but what do I need to do on the TP-Link app to integrate the new Starlink connection, so to speak?

Thank you.

[ddent]

Can you set IP reservations for a device using the eero with Starlink? I have a server and a media player that seems to get assigned new IP.

[karencasselbury]

I am having trouble with Wi-Fi signal within my home. I have the 3rd gen starlink and added the eeros pro6e to help but still having issues. Do I connect the eeros and then establish an account with eeros? Should I delete my existing eeros account? And now my Blink security cameras no longer work

[EoraTed]

Is the Gen3 router usable by iteslf for NAT features, port forwarding, parental control etc? Can I connect Starlink router to a Mesh router in a bridge mode and still have all the features of both Starlink router and the Mesh router?

[sherrig]

Does this help prevent the gen3 routers from getting fried? We have a new one on the way and don't want it to die within a month like the first one did.

[Bri-yowd]

Thanks for the video! I have Gen 2. I connected a TP-Link Deco X75 router, got that network, and I can connect. However, as soon as that network became available as an option on my phone, the Starlink App under the "Network" option said "Router Unreachable". If I go to "Settings", and "Router", I don't have any options and it says my Starlink router is unreachable. I can't get to "Bypass Mode".

At the moment, I have both networks available on my phone, and my home apps (doorbell, thermostats, etc) are still working and I assume connected to Starlink. The photo that comes up on my Starlink phone app shows just the dish, like you mention in the video.

Thoughts? Thank you!!!

[Nathanielvallente]

If I bypass my router, can I still use the starlink for connection? Because I connected my router and it is for another house and I use 40meters cable on it. And now I can't manage my router and it needs to bypass. So if ever I bypass it, I can still able to have internet connection on my starlink?

[Griffiths]

I have a Google nest pro Wi-Fi and thinking about setting up in bridge mode with Starlink G3. Has anyone had any experience doing this? When I did it with my Xfinity modem it was problematic

[nirmalaerway]

Can you just turn off wifi on the Gen 3 router and still use the ethernet ports to connect your computer? Or do you still need to buy another router?

[billdavis]

Do I have to do a config of the startlink router? Can I go just straight to bypass mode the very first thing out of the box never even look at Starlink router config?