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Saturday, November 8th, 2025 9:18 PM

XER10 - Enable Bridge Mode

I was recently upgraded to a new modem/router combo (XER10) from the XB7-T. I am a power user and use a

MINISFORUM MS-01 to do all of my network's routing, The XB7-T allowed me to use bridge mode and let my router handle all of the routing throughout the house. With this new XER10, I don't even have an option for Bridge mode at all. My MS-01 is more than sufficient to handle the network speeds, and has 10Gig NICs as well. If I can register it's MAC and use that I would be much happier and I will gladly send back the equipment, but otherwise I will need a version/software update of your equipment that I can enable Bridge Mode. 

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9 days ago

I found a way to enable bridge mode on the XER10.

Hidden away in the "At a Glance" page of http://10.0.0.1 is the following function:


var token = "{Your Token Here}";

...

	function changeBridge(isBridgeModelEnable) {
		var cnt = 90;
		var jpMsg=$.i18n("Bridge Mode changes will be fully applied in")+' ' + cnt + ' '+$.i18n(" seconds, please be patient...");
		jProgress(jpMsg, 600);
		$.ajax({
		type:"POST",
		url:"actionHandler/ajax_at_a_glance.jst",
		data:{Bridge:"true",isBridgeModel:isBridgeModelEnable,csrfp_token: token},
		success:function(){
				// don't do jHide, with latest firmware, switch bridge will return before httpd restart, GUI reload at return will cause 500 error. So wait until http restored. 
				var hCnt = setInterval(function(){
					$("#cnt").text(cnt--);
					if (cnt < 0) {clearInterval(hCnt); location.reload();}
				}, 1000);
			}
		});
	}

Open up dev tools and you can find it for yourself. Copy/Paste it into the browser console and then type the following to run the command:

changeBridge("Enabled")

This will immediately start enabling bridge mode!

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Update: Your results may vary. Bridge mode doesn't seem to be *properly* implemented on the XER10 as of yet.

It would get a proper IP address as if it were in bridge mode *sometimes*, and then later it would revert back to passing a 10.0.0.x address. And at one point IPv4 stopped working, but IPv6 was fine... 

TLDR; looks like they needed to let this one cook and have released an unfinished product... hopefully we get a patch in the future to make it work like the XB7-T used to. 

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7 days ago

Hello @bert2me, thank you for taking the time to leave a post.  We do apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. At this time, the XB10 modem does not support bridge mode, so that option isn’t available to enable.

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But *why* is it not supported? Is there an ETA for when this essential feature will be available? 

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@bert2me, there is currently no ETA on when this feature will be available. I apologize for the inconvenience, and I will make sure your feedback is heard. We appreciate your time in reaching out.

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Also, I have an XER10, not an XB10…? 

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bert2me I apologize for the confusion. Currently, we only offer an XER10. Here is a link to our current gateways, https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/broadband-gateways-userguides.

 

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13 hours ago

I am also interested in bridge mode.  Honestly I would prefer not to have the XER10 in the mix, but support told me that the fiber ONU is paired with the XER10 modem/gateway and that's the only way it will work.  As a result, Bridge mode needs to be used. They directed me to the bridge mode article, but as we know the XER10 currently doesn't support this function.   A firmware is really needed for this.      I upgraded today and moved to Xfinity fiber (from a cable connection).   The prior services was a much simpler design.  I had my own cable modem registered with my ISP.   Ethernet from cable modem to router.     Fewer devices in the mix and less points of failure. As it stands now, I have a double NAT setup which I don't like.    Fiber ONU > XER10 > My Router/Firewall.  

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I should add that I did use the developer tools work around and it seemed to work initially but then stopped.  

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