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Saturday, February 22nd, 2025 6:15 PM

Access denied on Motorola cable modem router

I have 2 cable modem routers, 1 upstairs, 1 downstairs, due too my home is built hurricane proof and the WiFi single doesn’t reach(even with pods).  I have a new xfinity router that works fine upstairs.  In the downstairs for a couple years I’ve had a Motorola cable router and last week the internet connection stopped working.  When I Iogin to the router I see “Access Denied” on one of the status settings. And my Motorola doesn’t exist on the My Devices page of the xfinity app.  Was the connection terminated by Xfinity?

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5 days ago

Hi there, @user_o840z8! Thanks for reaching out to us here on the Community Forum! This sounds like an uncommon setup, so I want to be sure I understand. Do you pay for 2 internet services? One for each modem? 

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I pay automatically each month.  I had Comcast’s activate both modems so I could have internet on both, which worked find for years. 

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4 days ago

I am glad that worked good for a lot of years, @user_o840z8. Multiple modems are typically billed for a 2nd line of internet service unless specifically used for a home phone service. A separate router, a mesh system, or WiFi extenders can be used to extend the service. Did you recently add any WiFi Boost Pods to the account or you just changed the modem? I ask because Pods can only work with 1 modem. 

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I added pods, 3 years ago and still couldn’t get through the concrete so that is when I added a 2nd Router.

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So why am I seeing “access denied” on my port?

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