topic Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink in Arlo Pro 2

Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

tlstafford — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:17:56 GMT

Is everyone having good luck connecting the Arlo 2 Base Station to StarLink (once the Ethernet adapter is connected)?

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

evk — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 20:49:24 GMT

I can’t seem to connect to Starlink, either.

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

JamesC — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 22:06:45 GMT

Could you provide more details? What behavior are you experiencing?

JamesC

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

Vhoulihan — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 02:26:23 GMT

I an having the same issue. I purchased the ethernet extender and it still doesn’t connect to the internet even though it is directly connected to it.

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

LiveThrive — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 04:16:43 GMT

@JamesC Mine wont work either..turns blue for a few minutes then back to yellow. Same StarLink setup as you.

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

Vhoulihan — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:25:19 GMT

Hi there!
I was able to fix it. I purchased a wifi mesh extender from Verizon (my cellphone carrier)
I learned that only having the cameras connected directly to starlink is the way to go. I was able to plug my cellphone extender into the Wifi mesh extender in a different room. I live up a mountain in the forest so no cell or internet comes to my house.
But now it does and works excellent now. I hope your able to fix yours.

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

tommazza — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 15:40:23 GMT

Mine wont work either..

VMB4540 Initially turns yellow then turns blue for about 20-30 seconds, then back to blinking yellow. App states "No Arlo devices found"

Installed ethernet adapter from Starlink which works - my desktop and laptop internet connection is working.

Tried connecting base station directly to the Starlink ethernet adapter - same response - yellow, blue, then blinking yellow. App does not find any arlo device.

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

skw10acres — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 02:31:47 GMT

Arlo Pro Base VMB4000 worked initially with Starlink. Then a week or so later looses internet. Everything else works. Computer works off the adapter. I fooled around with it for a couple of days finally got it to reconnect and that lasted about a day and a half. What could be causing this intermittent network disconnect with Starlink And then subsequently will not reconnect at all.??? I took the base station down to a different environment and it's been working there now for several days. Taking bets that it fails when I take it back up to the remote Starlink site.

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

LiveThrive — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 03:44:54 GMT

Yes I had to buy a wifi extender and put the arlo base station as far from the starlink router as I could.

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

Sian — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 11:08:27 GMT

Me too. I’ve been trying to get this to work for 6 months, no joy.

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

skw10acres — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 03:30:30 GMT

I had to put the Starlink router in bypass mode and set a static IP and gateway IP appropriately on my own router. That required some reading blogs and watching a few YouTubes about using my own router with Starlink. The real trick was to then take the Arlo Base to another network (I have Starlink at a remote location, and cable at an urban location).

After playing the reset game with the Arlo base station to get it working with the cable internet router location, I took it back to my Starlink location and added the cameras back in. iit's been working for a week now with Starlink and my own router.

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

Slong — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 22:17:00 GMT

I am also having problems connecting after buying adapter. My arlo base internet light stays off or light amber color even when connected with cable.

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

Britt22 — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 02:51:21 GMT

We are having the exact same issue. Did you ever get this fixed?

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

skw10acres — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 04:23:00 GMT

This workaround worked:

Using the Starlink router in bypass mode as to not produce wifi. Then using my own Netgear router (for wifi) plugged into Starlink's cable adapter. Arlo base plugged into the Netgear router.

No problem for months now.

There must be RF interferrence from Starlink's router when using it for wifi that messes up the Arlo base.

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

evk — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 12:06:58 GMT

I did. It was a faulty base station.

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

Country_Boy — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 17:56:46 GMT

As the starlink is not a wired router you will need to change the Ethernet cable to a crossover cable. You can get these on Amazon for a couple of dollars. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009GUMD3C?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

This worked for me with no problems.

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

skw10acres — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 03:36:34 GMT

Well shucks!

Finally, something that makes sense. Someone should tell Netgear and Starlink support. Shame the leave it to customers to figure out.

BIG thank you?

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

ppbirdie — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 17:17:29 GMT

Here you are: Starlink network, wifi extender w ethernet port, arlo base station 2 is not found by arlo app. there is an issue that you guys should address. Please ping me when you have an answer. I ordered a crossover ethernet cable to see if that works but this sucks as I am in the middle of nowhere and cant set up now!

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

StephenB — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 20:52:44 GMT

@ppbirdie wrote:

I ordered a crossover ethernet cable to see if that works but this sucks as I am in the middle of nowhere and cant set up now!

A crossover cable shouldn't be needed to connect a base to a wifi extender (or to a router or a switch). No idea why the earlier poster found it solved their problem.

Re: Arlo 2 Base Station and StarLink

evk — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 21:26:36 GMT

I didn’t need a crossover cable, nor did I put Starlink in bypass mode. I simply had a faulty base station and it was replaced.