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Skypster's avatar
Skypster
Reel Rookie
4 years ago
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Internet connection is fine but ROKU won't connect.

I posting this because while I think I found the answer here, I wanted to verify with 'the experts':-)
Also, I'm posting this for my sisters, who are 1100 miles away. My sister and her husband recently got a ROKU for my other sister because they cancelled her cable TV service and are going to full streaming per my suggestion.

Anyway, once she had internet service set up, they set up the ROKU with no problems. However, Comcast office screwed up and shut off her internet service a week later. She's getting that free internet becasue she's disabled and on a very low fixed income....

SO my older sister and her husband were there today to reset everything and she does indeed have internet service but she can't watch anything using the ROKU (and that's all she'll have). They tried a factory reset and that didn't work, although, I'm not sure if they did it right (I"m not there).

Also, they said they got an error code but can't recall the code:-(.....

So I'm thinking that it a setting on my sisters Xfinity app on her phone. She was told that she had to have the app for them to start the service.

They won't be able to go there to do that for her until tomorrow. So just in case, is there anything else they can check?

Thanks in advance.

  • renojim's avatar
    renojim
    4 years ago

    Since they have Comcast/Xfinity, make sure the wireless mode is set to b/g/n and not g/n.                                          

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  • atc98092's avatar
    atc98092
    Community Streaming Expert

    Recently cable companies have been disabling the 2.4 GHz radio in their customer's routers. No idea why, but they've been doing it. Depending on the Roku model, that might be the only radio band that is supported. If 2.4 is enabled, the next thing to check is the channel in use. Roku devices will only see channels 1 through 11. If the router is set to 12, 13 or 14, Roku can't see it. The routers are usually set to Auto for the channel, so I recommend manually setting it on 1, 6 or 11. 

    • Skypster's avatar
      Skypster
      Reel Rookie

      Thanks for the quick reply. I'll pass it on.

      The odd is that they had it all working just fine a week ago and then Comcast turned off her service by mistake. But they told me the WiFi is working on their phones and the ROKU says it's connected. But nothing on the ROKU works....(the apps)

      But I'll pas on the info. Thanks

      • renojim's avatar
        renojim
        Community Streaming Expert

        Since they have Comcast/Xfinity, make sure the wireless mode is set to b/g/n and not g/n.                                          

      • Joejoejoe's avatar
        Joejoejoe
        Channel Surfer

        Roku issued ticket and said they would either call or email the next day.  It's been 5 days with nada

  • Solved.....

    I didn't ask what exactly they changed, but it was within the Xfinity app on my sisters phone, so it was one of the things that was suggested here.

    I and my other sister, who had to fix it and knows nothing about this stuff, thank you all:-)

    • aholbrook99's avatar
      aholbrook99
      Newbie

      What if you don’t have Xfinity? 

      I’m to the point where I feel like my Roku is broken and I’m quite frustrated that there isn’t a phone number to call and talk with someone about this.

      • atc98092's avatar
        atc98092
        Community Streaming Expert

        aholbrook99 wrote:

        What if you don’t have Xfinity? 


        Xfinity is the most common, but the same issue could happen with other modems. Check your settings as previously described.