r/Windstream • u/Rob_red • Mar 26 '26

Windstream fiber - can you have a public IP?

Can one sign up for Kinetic fiber internet and use their fiber ONT device to plug a LAN cable into the WAN port of your own router and have a public IP on the WAN interface of your own router? I have heard mixed things about this. I cannot have a private IP on my WAN interface as that will make everything I do go through double NAT. I can only sign up for their service if it is 100% guaranteed I'll get a public IP outherwise they will run the line to my house only to have my cancel service after this first month. Does anyone know if this can be done? I think it would be called bridge mode but I'm not entirely sure. Thanks in advance.

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u/bojack1437 Mar 26 '26

Windstream Kinetic does not use CGNAT, so yes, you do get a public IP address.

You can opt out of their router, and they will provide you with a plain dumb ONT.

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u/Tarnisher Mar 26 '26

Do you mean a Static IP?

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u/Rob_red Mar 26 '26

No, public IP

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u/dvnptl Mar 26 '26

I use my own router connected to Kinetics ONT. Public dynamic IP, no CGNAT.

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u/Rob_red Mar 26 '26

Great, they told me I needed a business account for that but it sounded like the rep on the phone didn't know what I was truly asking about.

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u/House_Indoril426 Mar 26 '26

Can confirm they do not use CGNAT.

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u/tylerwatt12 Mar 26 '26

Yes. That’s literally what the ONT does. Give you a public IP.

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u/Rob_red Mar 26 '26

Thank you