# How can this work? I thought Starlink used CGNAT with no public IP?

You can see an animated diagram on the Agilicus Connector [page](https://www.agilicus.com/anyx-guide/agilicus-connector/). But in general, this works the same way e.g. a Google Nest thermostat works. Something inside your home network makes a persistent outbound connection to our cloud. When you are away, you will connect to our cloud, it will confirm your identity, and bridge you across these two outbound connections.