Hello - please be gentle I’m a total ignorant idiot with network stuff. I do remote recording with software called Source Connect for my job. Source Connect needs the following to work:
A static IP address
The ability to do port forwarding
I need to be able to hard-wire into the router/modem via ethernet cable
I need at least 10mbps in both upload/download and a consistent ping value
I’m moving just outside the city and lucky me - there is fiber internet available. Unlucky me - they take as long to hook it up as a human being’s gestational period, even though the cable is already there outside my front door.
So I’m looking at alternative options like starlink.
I know what you’re thinking - use a VPN. (Starlink does not support traditional port forwarding due to the use of CGNAT. However, users can work around this limitation by using VPN services that offer port forwarding capabilities, such as PureVPN.)
Well kick me in the crotch - Source Connect doesn’t like this. BECAUSE Source-Connect needs a static IP for the ports to be open to receive data. VPNs change your IP intermittently or mask it entirely.
So what is my play here? Nada? Can i connect a new router to the starlink router and force a static IP?
Anyone find a workaround that provudes you with a STATIC IP address, and allows for port forwarding with starlink internet?
Thanks in advance. you can feel free to dumb it down for my internet baby brain, or you could speak in technical terms and I can send this to some people who speak that language to interpret it for me.
Edit: thank you all for your responses!! I will send this thread to my uncle who is way more technologically knowledgeable than me
You cannot get a static ip, but you can get a routable, public ip, with the starlink business plan. You would need to add a dynamic DNS solution to do what you want, but it is certainly doable.
They are talking about static internal IP. They don’t require static external IP. Port forwarding and static internal IP are router features. Starlink router does not support them but many 3rd party routers do support. You just need to pick the lowest tier Starlink business plan, turn on public IP in the account settings, and switch Starlink router to bypass mode.
Another option is to get a router that supports VPN, pay for a VPN service, and configure the router to route traffic from the computer that runs Source Connect via the VPN. That could be cheaper as you don’t have to use a Starlink business plan but it’s more cumbersome.
Giving that document a quick look I don’t see why you can’t use a Public IP, or VPN.
The only place where I saw a static IP mentioned was on your system at home. With a 3rd party router you can set static IPs (with the Starlink router you can’t).
You’re confusing a WAN/internet static IP with an internal/LAN static IP.
All you need is to be able to set either a reserved DHCP or static IP on the device, and set the port forwarding rules on your router to point to that IP.
The answer to this is to stand up a small linux box/ router at rackspace or some other place that will give you a static ip. Setup a vpn between that box and your box using openVPN. Use port forwarding on the RS box to push your data over the vpn down to you. Will this work? YES. I use this all of the time for various servers at work to expose internal development and testing projects to outside vendors. Last I checked, a virtual linux box with a static IP was pretty cheap.
Now you can configure port forwarding using your own router. I do not think you need a static IP address but rather a public IP address with port forwarding.
The other issue I see is you need to have at least 10MB up which at times might be an issue. You might want to make sure you have priority data available while you use this app by purchasing the 1tb plan or higher.
Although truly static IPs are not available, a reservation system retains the public IPv4 address and IPv6 prefix even when the system is off or rebooted. However, relocating the Starlink or software updates may change these addresses.
Yes, Starlink business service with a business dish can give you a real public static IP address. That’s not a problem.
Port forwarding is a function of the router you use to connect to the Starlink service with. If the Starlink router is in pass-through mode, you can put any router you want on it. We use a lot of Juniper SRX routers with Starlink services and use port forwarding on the SRX routers.
Hardwiring in would be a function of the router you buy if it has wired Ethernet ports on it, so just make sure you have one that has a couple of gigabit Ethernet ports on it.
Your last ask for guaranteed 10Mb at a consistent ping value is not possible using a shared service as performance will depend on how saturated the Starlink cell is your area as well as moment to moment changes depending on what other Starlink users are doing. In my experience 10Mb should be possible with a reasonable ping. But no guarantees.
For option 2, I think paying for a domain and using DDNS should works, most decent routers support DDNS - where the router pings the DNS and updates it’s IP every few seconds/minutes.
I actually just heard back from customer support for this stupid recording program and she said that I do in fact require both public and private static IP addresses AHASIFHASKFGAFHDSHFOUds
I’m not doubting your statement, but in 2024 any software that can’t work with a dynamic public IP address, usually using a domain name instead, is crappy software.
It will work until it changes. A static IP is just a publicly routable IP at a set value. Your IP won’t change that often. Will certainly be enough to get you by.
