Can you connect XFINITY (piggyback) WIFI to a RING doorbell?

[850credit]

I am piggybacking off my condo neighbors modems. This is allowed by Comcast because I have an account, it's just at my other house.

I am able to use it this way to connect to internet for my phone, work and personal laptops, and firestick, no problem.

I can not connect with my ECOBEE smart thermostat or my RING doorbell because the setup screens only have a field for your wifi password. Xfinity requires USERNAME AND PASSWORD Fields. I can enter both on the laptops, firestick etc.

How can I get around this? I have a modem...if I buy a secondary router and link them up, can I connect the ring and ecobee to the router, since it would be broadcasting a signal they could pick up, and then sign in with only password?

 

[thismybgolname]

Might have to go the 2nd router.

Does Ring Camera Work with Xfinity Home?

Xfinity has decided to expand beyond cable and internet and jump headlong into the smart home security market. As always, that brings into question what exactly will and won’t be compatible, especially if you already own a smart device like the Ring Camera. Officially, Ring cameras aren’t...

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[850credit]

Might have to go the 2nd router.

Does Ring Camera Work with Xfinity Home?

Xfinity has decided to expand beyond cable and internet and jump headlong into the smart home security market. As always, that brings into question what exactly will and won’t be compatible, especially if you already own a smart device like the Ring Camera. Officially, Ring cameras aren’t...

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Thanks for reading and responding.

 

[thismybgolname]

This would probably be the easiest option.

Can You Use a Wi-Fi Extender to Connect Ring Camera with Xfinity?

You certainly can use a Wi-Fi extender to connect your Ring Camera with Xfinity, so long as it’s not an Xfinity Gateway Wi-Fi Extender, otherwise known as an xFi Pod. While xFi Pods have a really neat aesthetic—like something out of a Star Wars movie—they, like the Xfinity Gateway, show very little love for Ring Cameras and devices.


Getting a Wi-Fi extender serves the same purpose as the Netgear Nighthawk suggestion above. The idea is to access the Xfinity Gateway through an intermediary rather than directly communicate with the Gateway.


If you already have a Netgear Nighthawk or a Netgear router that can handle numerous Ring devices, the Netgear EX7700 or the EX6250 will do nicely. It doesn’t have to be Netgear, of course, so long as it has the capability of dual-band, you’re good to go.


The Wi-Fi extender is what you will set your Ring Camera—or other Ring devices—up with, rather than trying the Xfinity Gateway.

 

[rebel]

When you connect your taken to a captive portal to authenticate right? Idk if any routers support that. leave a old laptop that is connected to the wifi AP and configure it to create a hotspot which you can join with your devices

 

[Bedroom Bully]

My ring doorbell has not worked since I hooked up my new Xfinity gateway. I hope these tips help.

 

[Mixd]

Do you see in the Ring setup at the bottom "hidden network"? Click that. Then can enter the wifi SSID and password

 

[rebel]

Do you see in the Ring setup at the bottom "hidden network"? Click that. Then can enter the wifi SSID and password

nah it has a captive portal page that he has to put his xfinity credentials into after joining the wifi so cant work.