Work
Working from home on Starlink
Calls, VPNs and uploads are where a satellite link either holds up or costs you a meeting. These guides explain what each one needs, what tends to go wrong, and what to ask your IT team. If fiber or cable reaches your home, take it; these pages are for when it doesn’t.
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Guides
- Is Starlink good for working from home?
The honest verdict by work type, who shouldn’t rely on it, and the decision against fiber, cable and fixed wireless.
- Zoom and Teams calls on Starlink
What calls need (latency, jitter, loss), why calls freeze for a few seconds, and the fixes that help.
- Starlink and VPNs: what works behind CGNAT
Outbound work VPNs generally work; which VPN types struggle, why sessions drop, and what to ask IT.
- CGNAT, public IP and port forwarding on Starlink
Why inbound connections fail, which plans get a public IPv4, IPv6, and tunnels that avoid the need.
- VoIP and Wi-Fi calling on Starlink (and fixes)
Why Wi-Fi calling or a VoIP phone fails on a satellite link and the fixes to try, in order.
- Uploads and large files on Starlink
How much upload work needs, and why a big upload freezes your call (and how to stop it).
- Two remote workers on one Starlink
Planning upload for two people on calls at once, and the household rules that keep both calls clean.
- When your employer pays for Starlink
Stipends vs company accounts, who owns the kit, and the checklist to send your IT team.
Need a plan for when the line drops? Try the Failover Builder, or see the measured data in the Work-Day Reliability Report.