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Friday, January 24th, 2025 9:43 PM

Why does Xfinity disable my 2.5G port on my modem?

I have a 10G ethernet network at home, 10G, 2.5G, 1G switch.  I connected my Cat6e cable to the Xfinity Modem 2.5G and it was working well for about 1 month (I was getting 1.2-1.3Gbps download).  I run logging so I know exactly what and who is going thru my xFinity Modem.  

About 30 days later I suddenly lost connectivity but ONLY on the 2.5G port (all the 3 other ports were fine).  I ran some diagnostics and all was on on the Xfinity Modem except the 2.5G port.  I logged into the Xfinity modem and all was as it should be 

Model: CGM4981COM

Hardware Revision: 2.0

LAN Ethernet Port 4 showed Connection Speed: 2500Mbps

So I went into Troubleshooting to check the logs and noticed what seems to be some sort of  Xfinity login id?? (note these logs don't provide much info, just login user and date/time) at the same time my 2.5G port stopped working.

So I ran my own diagnostic tools and it looks like "some data" was definitely sent by Xfinity.  Obviously I can't positively say Xfinity disable the 2.5G port, but the coincidence seems very fishy.

Now, I pay for the fastest possible bandwidth to my home (there is no higher tier), not cheap.  But I can no longer use the 2.5G port and I can only use the 1G port so my downloads are 700-900Mbps.

Should I take the Xfinity Modem back to an Xfinity store or is this something Xfinity have intentionally done?

[Edit: Personal information]

Official Employee

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2.1K Messages

3 months ago

 

user_nbpknc Thank you so much for stopping into our Xfinity community forums for help with your 2.5G port. The only time I have run into this issue is when a device not capable of supporting the connected speed is connected in the network commonly a router. I would be more than happy to help look into your connection while using the 2.5G port on this end if you would like. If you could send our team a direct message with your full name, the name listed on the account (if different), and the service address associated with your account, I'd be more than happy to look into this for you. To send a Direct Message, please click on the chat icon in the top-right corner of the screen, next to the bell icon, and then type or select "Xfinity Support" to initiate a direct message. 

 

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