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Mon, May 30, 2022 12:14 AM

Amazon devices won’t connect to Xfinity router

I have a new Xfinity router and it will not allow any of my amazon devices to connect (I have 17).  Has anyone overcome this issue?  I’ve tried everything.

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XfinityEthan

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@user_fa6dcf. That is definitely a weird issue! Are you saying you had a gateway that previously worked? What message do you get when connecting? 

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@XfinityEthan​ Yes, that’s exactly what I’m saying.. I think it has something to do with 2.4 versus 5 Mbps.  The new router and the new software for older routers is upgraded so they you can’t select between the two. Because Amazon products only connect to 2.4, I can’t get them to connect.  

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XfinityJessicaA

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Thanks for the additional details. I would suggest separating the 2.4 GHz and 5.0 Ghz networks and see if that helps. You can do that by clicking on the Edit Wi-Fi options when viewing your internet on the Xfi app or Xfinity app. -JessicaA

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Thank you for the reply. The new software for the router doesn’t allow you to separate between 2.4 and 5.0. I found out that I can no longer connect many different things including printers my doorbell my sprinklers after the new Xfinity update. Is there some setting in there that I can change. Please help.  My computers all connect just fine, my TVs are also OK. Nothing with a low bandwidth seems to connect. All worked fine until the software was updated

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XfinityJosephB

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Are you able to get into the Xfinity router admin page? You should be able to get in by typing in 10.0.0.1. Let me know if that helps anything. 

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user_f949eb

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I am having the same issues. New xfinity router will not connect to Amazon echo and blink devices , had no issues with old gateway . Very frustrating

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