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Sunday, August 10th, 2025

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XB8 WiFi works but not Ethernet ports

I am currently in a partial outage so I understand that things might not be working as they should but I was just wondering why WiFi on my xb8 works but the Ethernet ports on the back seem to be disabled. It seems strange to me and I was hoping someone could provide some clarity.

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7 days ago

@S0m3b0dy3L53 The ethernet ports are not disabled by default. Have you reviewed your LAN settings within the Xfinity app by chance? 

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@XfinityBradM@EG 

I did all of the typical troubleshooting, I just took it to the comcast store and had them swap it out and now I am good to go.

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@S0m3b0dy3L53​ 

Glad you got it squared away ! Be well ! Now closing your solved topic.

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@S0m3b0dy3L53 

Have you first tried power-cycling / re-starting the device by unplugging it for a minute ? Still no joy ? Try hard resetting the device to factory defaults by pressing and holding in the recessed reset button on the rear (or use the WPS button if it doesn't have a reset button hole) for 30 seconds. This can sometimes clear up some weird behavior issues. You will lose any customized settings, and they will need to be re-configured from scratch if you do the latter.

Good luck !

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