Starlink doesn’t provide static IPs, leaving remote access broken, SaaS applications blacklisted, and VOIP/UCaaS offline. Learn how network operators use Static IP Anywhere to make Starlink enterprise-ready with persistent IPs enabling true business-grade connectivity.
Starlink has captured the imagination of IT leaders and network operators everywhere. The promise is clear: high-speed, low-earth-orbit satellite internet that can reach places LTE and fiber can’t touch. For many, it feels like the missing piece for branch connectivity, remote sites, and business backup.
But as soon as you try to deploy Starlink in a business environment, a painful reality sets in. Starlink doesn’t offer a native static IP. And without one, the very systems businesses rely on — remote access, SaaS applications, VOIP, and UCaaS — stop working as intended.
So the question isn’t just “Can Starlink deliver internet?” The real question is: “How do you make Starlink usable for business-grade internet services?”
Starlink was built for consumers first. Residential customers don’t generally need a static IP — they just want fast, always-on internet that works for streaming, gaming, and browsing. To deliver that at scale, Starlink relies on a model called Carrier-Grade NAT (CGNAT).
Instead of assigning every dish a unique public IP, Starlink puts thousands of subscribers behind shared IP pools. It’s efficient, but it’s a nightmare for businesses. With CGNAT, inbound traffic simply can’t reach your site directly. You can’t host services, you can’t maintain VPN tunnels, and you can’t guarantee security policies that depend on source IP.
This is why so many operators quickly hit the same roadblock: Starlink is a great pipe, but it doesn’t behave like business internet. For more on why IP persistence matters, see Static IP Anywhere explained.
To see why CGNAT is such a problem, it helps to think of it like a crowded apartment building. Each tenant gets a different door key, but when they all go outside, they share the same street address. To the outside world, they look identical.
That’s what happens with Starlink’s CGNAT: your branch, your security cameras, and your servers are all sharing an external identity with hundreds of other users. For outbound web traffic, that’s fine. But if you’re trying to run a secure VPN or whitelist traffic into cloud services, it’s a dealbreaker.
For a deeper dive into this problem, check out how to fix internet failover with static IP.
When operators hit the Starlink static IP wall, they usually try one of three things:
Dynamic DNS (DDNS) points a domain name at your Starlink connection, updating when the IP changes. But with CGNAT, you never really own the public IP, so inbound connections still break.
Starlink’s CGNAT prevents inbound traffic; port forwarding simply doesn’t solve the problem.
These workarounds highlight the gap: none of them give you what businesses truly need — a globally routable static IP address that persists across any mix of ISPs and networks.
The smarter approach is to stop waiting for Starlink to deliver static IPs natively and instead apply an overlay. Overlay networking enables you to project a static IP address from a cloud aggregation layer down to any site, regardless of the underlying access technology.
With this model, the public internet never sees the Starlink-assigned CGNAT IP. Instead, it considers the globally routable IP block your overlay provider controls. From the perspective of your VPN, firewall, or application, your site behaves just like it’s on enterprise DIA — even if the physical link is Starlink, LTE, or DSL.
For a real-world deployment, see Core Transit and Static IP Anywhere.
Think of overlay networking like a translation layer. Your Starlink dish (or LTE modem, or cable line) supplies Internet access to a Big Network Edge Gateway — hardware like the IRG-655-1 or Edge Pro. That device then builds an encrypted tunnel to a cloud aggregation point, which injects your traffic into the internet with your assigned static IP.
From there, multiple connections can be bonded together, multipath failover can be applied, and static IPs can be announced globally.
The result is a business-grade WAN overlay running on top of commodity broadband and satellite links.
Starlink is not “business internet” out of the box. Without static IPs, it is missing a critical component needed for business-grade services. But when combined with an overlay that provides static IP addressing and multipath resilience, it becomes a powerful complement to LTE and terrestrial broadband.
For operators managing multi-site deployments, the playbook is clear: don’t just plug in Starlink. Wrap it in a SIPA overlay that makes it look, feel, and perform like enterprise-grade internet.
For a closer comparison, check out dual ISP vs redundant internet connections.
Starlink without a static IP is like a highway without exit ramps — fast, but disconnected. Businesses need more than raw throughput; they need persistence, visibility, and control.
The solution isn’t waiting on Starlink to change its model. The solution is to bring in a smarter layer that makes Starlink behave like the business internet you need. With Static IP Anywhere, operators gain all the benefits of satellite reach without sacrificing the enterprise capabilities that keep systems online.
Want to see how network operators are combining Starlink, LTE, and fiber into seamless, unbreakable connectivity? Talk to Big Network’s team to learn how Static IP Anywhere can unlock business-ready Starlink deployments.
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Q1: Does Starlink offer static IP addresses?
No. Starlink uses Carrier-Grade NAT (CGNAT), which prevents users from receiving a dedicated public IP. This makes inbound connections and persistent VPNs impossible without an overlay solution.
Q2: Why do businesses need static IP with Starlink?
Static IPs enable VPN tunnels, SaaS application whitelisting, POS systems, and surveillance feeds to function reliably. Without one, critical applications break or simply never work.
Q3: Can I use Dynamic DNS with Starlink?
Nope. Because Starlink relies on CGNAT, you don’t actually control a unique public IP. Dynamic DNS may update quickly, but it still points to a shared IP pool, which fails for enterprise needs.
Q4: How can I get a static IP on Starlink?
The only reliable method is using an overlay service like Big Network Static IP Anywhere, which delivers a globally routable static IP across Starlink, LTE, and other ISPs.
