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Saturday, March 4th, 2023 10:38 PM

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Certain websites SUPER SLOW on any Xfinity router??

I have a number of personal custom websites [hosted by FatCow] and when I access them by any internet provider they are super fast and responsive and everything is perfect. The second I switch to either my personal Xfinity Wi-Fi router at home *OR* any public “xfinitywifi” router all of these websites are ridiculously slow and unresponsive and it takes like 10 seconds to load anything at all. Then when I switch back to cellular or any other Wi-Fi, everything is perfect again.

I have reset all browser caches including cookies and DNS and literally anything else…I have also tried this with three different machines with three different operating systems, and both Chrome and Safari on all three of these, and the exact same thing happens each time.

Is this a known issue?  Is Xfinity somehow super throttling traffic to these FatCow websites for some reason?  Is there any way to fix this??

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2 years ago

I have had a very similar problem the past four days.  It affects only certain websites, and only some of the time, including "comcast.net".  I get connection-timed-out errors from the browser.  Sometimes I will eventually get a response from the webpage, after several seconds or minutes, other times never get a response.  If I try to refresh, I may get an instant response that time, or no response again.  This has affected all devices in my home, including a PC directly connected to the router via ethernet, so it isn't a device or Wi-Fi problem.  It affects Edge, Chrome and FireFox, so it isn't a browser problem.  Cable TV is unaffected, and my general Internet speed is normal, 400+ Mbps.  I live near St. Paul, Minnesota, and my modem/router reports the default gateway IP address as 24.118.132.1.  A couple other websites I have had frequent problems with include "duckduckgo.com" and "arcamax.com", but I don't believe the websites are at fault.  It seems more likely to be an Xfinity server or network issue.  Xfinity support so far has only had me power-cycle my modem/router, which didn't change anything.  They now want to send a technician to my house in a couple of days, but it seems very unlikely the problem is with my equipment or home network.

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@user_c0330e thank you so much for your post letting us know you are having the same issue. I am curious if you are using one of our Xfi gateways and have the Advanced security option turned on. The advanced security feature would scan sites before loading to help prevent you from accessing any harmful files as well as accessing risky sites. You can check out this page here for more information on advanced security and how to toggle it on or off to see if that helps with these specific pages loading. https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/online-security-with-xfi-faqs 

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2 years ago

Thanks for taking the time to let us know about the issues you're facing with specific websites @NAIMTH. We'd love to further investigate this issue together. Would you be willing to send us a private message with your full name and address?

 

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2 years ago

I had the same problem start today. Any domains, URLs, etc. associated with my hosting service are extremely slow or unresponsive when connecting through my home service. Access is fine when off xfinity. I spent over an hour with tech support with no solution.

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2 years ago

@user_248bb9 

Please create a new topic of your own here on this board detailing your issue. Thanks. 


For future reference, it is better to submit your own post as it creates a ticket to get help, and posting on an old thread can delay getting help.

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2 years ago

@NAIMTH @XfinityJoshuaE 

Please circle back here and post any possible solutions for the issue here in the open forums so that all readers here may benefit from the exchange / info. This is in keeping with the spirit for which these public help forums were originally intended. Thank you.

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