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Can't access gateway login page at 10.0.0.1
Browsing to http://10.0.0.1 used to take me to the gateway (router) login page. Now it just displays a page saying "To manage your gateway settings and other features, please download the Xfinity xFi app." I don't know why this changed, but it was within the past 10 days.
I can't use the app, because I don't have a smartphone. I want to be able to manage the gateway settings through a web browser. I can get to the most important settings (such as WiFi name and password) through xfinity.com, but I would like to be able to access all the settings.




user_4mckgi
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1 month ago
If you are using the XB6-T in bridged mode you are [Edited: "Language"], the app is worthless, the AI chat bot it worthless, majority of Comcast employees just read a troubleshooting guide they are given so they have no idea how to actually help or make sense of the problem, resetting the router with different methods does nothing and I am still stuck in bridged mode. I would highly recommend you all to buy your own Modem and Router. I would switch ISP's but I can only use Comcast where I live. The fact I have to tell other people I can only manage my gateway though an app is embarrassing. Most of us all know the main reason why the app is being forced so all I can do is just laugh at how ridiculous this "security update" is lol. I will be buying my own modem and router.
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user_0u1e9e
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1 month ago
Looks like it's finally time to buy my own modem and get rid of this junk Comcast is pushing.
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bholding
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21 days ago
I can't believe Xfinity changed this without telling its customers. Losing access to the Admin portal forces many changes on users. For example, using Sonos in your house with eero is almost impossible unless the Xfinity modem is in Bridge mode, or the internal WiFi is shut off. Now what am I supposed to do? Coincidentally, this feels a lot like the Sonos upgrade that broke things for its customers and eventually led to the firing of its CEO. [Edited: "Political"]
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user_4kg0mv
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15 days ago
use the xfinity wfi app. Go to Wifi... ... WiFi equipment/advanced settings/admin tool online access/ON. The normal https://10.0.0.1/ will open as before
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user_5o06s8
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12 days ago
After reading everything here, you are NOT providing a solution. This needs to be fixed Xfinity. You should have never taken away the admin login in the first place. We should not have to factory reset our modems to access something you took away under the customers nose. Shady practice. FIX IT OR YOU WILL LOSE CUSTOMERS![Edited: "Solicitation"]
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llang629
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8 days ago
What's particularly boneheaded about this change is that the same set of users who are likely to choose bridge mode—using their own router and access point(s)—are the ones who are likely sophisticated enough to want access to modem management. To remove this useful function with no sensible workaround (factory reset is ridiculous) highlights how Comcast doesn't understand and/or care how customers actually use their services. Long ago shut off Xfinity tv and voice services, and internet will go once an alternative is available. I've installed T-Mobile broadband for one of my children, and it works like a champ. Unfortunately, they don't (yet) offer bridge mode. But when they do...
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user_uai22p
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1 day ago
This is so frustrating. I noticed the same thing. It says to go to the app but the app doesn't have the same kind of controls available at the admin page (10.0.0.1). For instance I want to enable bridge mode but I can't because the app only has VERY basic controls for Wifi. This seems like a dropped ball and an oversimplification for power uses on Comcast's part. They took control away
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BruceW
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9 hours ago
Did you try restoring access to the admin pages by following the instructions in https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/admin-tool-access?
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