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Saturday, March 27th, 2021 5:52 PM

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Changing Wi-Fi password & enabling security

I want to change the Wi-fi passkey on my newly replaced modem (see screenshot below) but want to keep the modem password unchanged.  I also want to enable WPS security on the new modem, which will require devices to enter a password whenever they first want to access the modem.  I cannot find the settings to do either of these.  Where are they in the modem's gateway setup?

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3 years ago

Correction: I want to enable WPA2-PSK (AES) security, not WPS.

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3 years ago

https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/view-change-wifi-password

To change the Comcast router security level to WPA2 /AES you can follow these steps:

1. Connect to your WiFi network and go to http://10.0.0.1, and sign in.
Note: If you haven't changed it, the default username is admin and the default password is password.
2. Once logged in, you can go to Gateway > Connection > Wi-Fi.
3. To change your Security Mode, select Edit next to Security Mode, then select your WPA2 mode.
4. Once your desired option is selected, hit Save Settings.

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3 years ago

Thanks.  But how can I change the Wifi passkey without changing the modem/router password (the one used to access the Gateway)?  The last Comcast modem I had gave me this option but I can't find it on the new modem.

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3 years ago

Not sure but I don't think that you can anymore. AFAIK, the newer model gateway devices require you to change the access password.

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3 years ago

Probably true but this seems like a step backward by giving guests the same password to access the network as the password to change the network settings.  At best, it's very, very poor security. 

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3 years ago

The access password for the gateway's user interface pages and the WiFi network password does not have to be one and the same.

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3 years ago

OK, so how do you change the WiFi network password without changing the gateway user password?

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3 years ago

See the link that I provided in my reply above;

https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/view-change-wifi-password

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