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Saturday, April 25th, 2026 12:40 PM

WiFi Continually Goes On and Off; Ethernet Connection Works Fine

For the last few weeks my WiFi continually goes on and off. The Ethernet connection that I use for my computer works fine. I have swapped the router at the Xfinity store, removed my Pods (to just get back to square one) but it has not solved the problem. Looking for any help here. Thank you.

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2 days ago

Good morning @user_dm70hu, and thank you for posting your issue to the Xfinity forums, I hope this message finds you well. As someone that works from home I can understand the frustration of issues with the connection, but you have come to the right place for assistance with this issue. When you are having the issues with the WiFi, how long are you losing connection? How often do you lose connection?

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I was watching two different mobile phones go on and off of my WiFi SSID every few seconds and I was unable to watch TV (I also have wireless set-top boxes) or use my Sonos speakers to listen to music. 

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2 days ago

I was able to resolve. I logged into the Local Admin tool and reset the wireless radios. It has been stable since then, thankfully.  

I’m still questioning how that resolved it since I’d swapped my router, but at least it has been working now without any issues for several days. 

Thank you. 

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user_dm70hu Thank you for updating us with the solution you found! Our forum page is an excellent resource to find answers to all your Xfinity questions and you can always manage your account, troubleshoot, and get help through the Xfinity app: https://www.xfinity.com/apps. Thank you for your continued loyalty and I hope you have a great rest of your day! 

 

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18 hours ago

I spoke too soon. I posted about this on Saturday, April 25. The issue has returned today (April 28).

Things were stable for a few days but now the exact same thing is happening again. The WiFi drops - all wireless devices lose connectivity (laptops, speakers, set-top boxes, mobile phones) - but my hardwired connections work fine.

I swapped my Gateway last week. I then used Local Admin tool to reset the wireless radios. That seemed to work, so I then added my two Pods back into service.

When the WiFi drops, the Pods always show to be offline while the Gateway says it's online. I've now removed the Pods and it's still happening. When I try to rejoin my SSID it tells me that the password is incorrect - and even when I enter the correct password it continues to tell me that it's incorrect. I will reset the wireless radios again but am not hopeful that this is the final fix.

Thanks in advance for any other troubleshooting ideas.

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled WiFi Continually Goes On and Off; Ethernet Connection Works Fine

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18 hours ago

Adding Event Logs. Googling "Wifi VAP is set to down" provided some help. Given that I just swapped Gateways, guess I am having bad luck with this happening on both of them (although the "new" one that I was given was clearly not new).

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