A homelab on satellite internet, tested and written down

I run a homelab on a Starlink connection, and this site is where the tests on it get written down. The guides start from those tests, and each one gives the date a test ran, how it was run and what came back, including the parts that didn't work.

I run these tests on my own hardware, with scripts and AI agents I direct, and I check every result before it goes up. Background that doesn't come from a test, such as what a provider documents or a standard says, links to its source with the date it was checked. The name on the pages is Rowan Hale, a pen name for me; About explains.

The first guide asks whether you can host a server at home without a public IPv4 address, and answers with traces and port tests on my own connection. Next on the list: what you give up when you leave a wired internet provider and how to get each piece back, then a dated record of what Starlink's own pages have listed for plans, prices and offers.