A Step-by-Step Guide to Configure Starlink as Fallback WAN on UDM Pro

It’s simpler than you might think. This step-by-step guide replaces watching creepy Youtube videos and going through Reddit posts

Starlink dish on the author’s carport (source: author)

I recently ordered Starlink to provide me with a high-capacity backup internet connection. This article is intended to provide step-by-step instructions on how to set Starlink up using Unifi network components.

As mentioned in other articles, I am an engineer and this is going to be a rather technical discussion…

The Network Setup

I installed the Starlink dish on my carport and connected it to the Unifi PoE switch in the carport, which is then connected to the WAN2 port in the Unifi UDM Pro firewall in the main building:

Starlink is installed on the carport, and the Unifi UDM Pro is installed in the main building (source: author)

So obviously, it is not just about setting up Starlink with the standard WLAN router provided by Starlink, but about connecting the dish to the WAN2 port in the Unifiy UDM Pro firewall going through a couple of Unify PoE switches.