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Sunday, August 23rd, 2026 6:52 PM

Xfinity pro extender can’t set up

I’ve recently become an Xfinity customer and I got a new modem and one pro extender to cover the dead zone in the house. The modem set up was very easy. However I have tried every area of the house and the extender gets stuck on step 5 with the QR code. I scan it and it thinks for a bit then says sorry the app cannot set up to the extender. It has a solid white light in every room but offers no service. Which sucks because the only area of the house that I can put the modem is on the extreme far end so that leaves a large portion of the house with 5-7 mbs speeds and minimal connection. 

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8 hours ago

Hi there @Dead-internet1776  Thank you so much for reaching out.  Are you still having issues with that pro extender?

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@XfinityDemetrise​ 

yes unfortunately it still throws the same error. I was considering brining the extender to my nearest Xfinity store when I had the time to swap it out. I received both the modem and extender at the same time from the same store so I’m hoping they’re just not talking to each other and it’s an easy fix. 

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We are glad to further help you here, @Dead-internet1776! Did you hook up and activate the modem already? That has to be set up before the Xfinity Pro WiFi extender. Did you receive an XB8 or XB10 modem? This link shows our different modems if you are not sure, https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/broadband-gateways-userguides.

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