For some reason, i still cant connect my switch to wifi. I have been at this for months now and still no solution. Nintendo says its the ISP, then ISP says its netgear. Just going arounds in cirlces. I read about it being blacklisted, but i cant seem to find out how to unblacklist it on the XR1000. I know its not the switch, because i can connect other devices to WIFI with no problem, and also connect to other networks with the switch. Any help would be greatly appreciated since its my kids switch. Thanks.

So I am able to connect to wifi (router), but not fully connect to internet. I’ll start with that the switch is only 3 months old, bought from target in store. I used to have a spectrum modem and router and it would connect without any problems. Then got the Netgear modem (cm2000) and router (xr1000) and the switch stopped working. I am able to take it to my Dads, brothers, other brothers and connected to wifi with no problems.

Check the Device Manager, if the Nintendo Switch appears with a black circle it has been blocked so click that then click unblock on the panel that appears. If you're using Smart Connect for WiFi that could be a cause, in which case disable that and see if you can connect manually to 2.4/5GHz.

The switch isn’t blocked under the device manager. And I don’t use smart connect. I’ve Gone as far as opening up my firewall and it still won’t connect.

Does the Switch show up in Device Manager? If you change it's Device Type to something else, like Games Console, are you then able to access the internet on it?

It does show up in device manager. I tried changing the device name and device type but still nothing. I’ve been told that it’s blacklisted, how do I remove that?

Cant connect switch to XR100 wifi

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Netduma-Fraser
NetDuma Partner
Sep 15, 2021
Check the Device Manager, if the Nintendo Switch appears with a black circle it has been blocked so click that then click unblock on the panel that appears. If you're using Smart Connect for WiFi that could be a cause, in which case disable that and see if you can connect manually to 2.4/5GHz.
- mikez0r
  Tutor
  Sep 16, 2021
  The switch isn’t blocked under the device manager. And I don’t use smart connect. I’ve Gone as far as opening up my firewall and it still won’t connect.
  - Netduma-Liam
    NetDuma Partner
    Sep 16, 2021
    Does the Switch show up in Device Manager? If you change it's Device Type to something else, like Games Console, are you then able to access the internet on it?

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