Connecting travel router to Xfinity Hotspot
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I am trying to connect my TL-WR902AC travel router to an Xfinity WiFi Hotspot. I can connect to the 2.4Ghz network available at my location and get internet but that signal is weak/spotty. The 5Ghz network is much stronger and I can connect to it but don't get internet (dynamic IP fields in admin settings shows all zeroes). I can connect my laptop directly to the 5Ghz and get internet, so I know it's available. I've been able to authenticate the travel router to Xfinity WiFi and see its MAC address on my list of approved devices. Any ideas on why I can't get internet access when connected to the 5Ghz Xfinity WiFi hotspot with my travel router and/or a solution?
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@acousticbiker @Jeffswift @camouflage @Ibekae @jwfitzge
Hello all, If any of you still encounter an issue when trying to connect the WR902AC to Xfinity Wi-Fi network over 5G band, please check the solution we provided here:
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When setting up the internet connection of the TL-WR902AC, have you selected the 5GHz network rather than the 2.4GHz network?
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@Tony I can connect the travel router to the 5Ghz client/host network but don't get internet (I do get internet when I connect to the 5Ghz client/host directly with my laptop). I can connect to the 2.4Ghz client/host network and get internet but that signal is weaker and drops out unlike the 5Ghz which is solid.
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I am having the same problem on my TL-wr902AC. Comcast turned off all 2.4G xfinitywifi connections in my area. Only 5G connections are left. I had been using the 2.4G connections for years, but need to use the 5G band now. Im using tlwr902ac hotspot mode and bridging the 5G radio to xfinitywifi. The unit will not get an ip address (it returns all zeros). If I copy the same IP address that my computer gets when connected to xfinity wifi and put it into the tl-wr902ac as a static address, along with subnet mask, gateway, and dns servers addresses) then the unit works fine.
Of course this is not a long term solution. I cannot have a static address on xfinity wifi for long.
Why won't the unit get an ip address from the 5g band of xfinity wifi? I have a comcast account and pay for access to all xfinity wifi hot spots. Why can't the Tl-wr902ac access this wifi connection?
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Has anyone found a long term solution to this yet?
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I have the exact same problem and only having the 5ghz to connect to my TL-WR902AC travel router is essentially a brick.....
Come on TP-Link get this sorted out, surely it's just a software issue!
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@acousticbiker any solution to this yet? 2.4 works but cant connect to 5ghz xfinitywifi.
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@Ibekae i found a solution. I installed openwrt and was able to connect to 5ghz xfinitywifi and broadcast from the 2.4 radio.
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@RaDiOkArMa great i will check it out!.
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