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Bug — Disabling Cox Hotspot in Privacy Settings does not remove "CoxWifi" / "Cox Mobile" SSIDs from Panoramic Gateway
Issue:
I'm trying to permanently disable the Cox In-Home Wifi Hotspot guest networks broadcasting from my Panoramic Wifi Gateway. Despite following the documented steps, the guest SSIDs remain broadcasting.
Steps I followed:
- Went to My Profile > Edit Profile Settings > Security and Privacy
- Under the Privacy section, found Cox Wifi
- Set "Cox Wifi for guests" to Off
- Saved changes
Result:
The setting saves successfully with no errors, but both guest SSIDs — "Cox Mobile" and "CoxWifi" — are still broadcasting from my gateway and still connectable.
Troubleshooting already done:
- Verified the setting shows as "Off" after saving (confirmed on repeat visits to the page, so it's not silently reverting)
- Power-cycled/restarted the gateway
- Confirmed the SSIDs are still visible and connectable on multiple devices after restart
- Called Cox phone support (1-800-234-3993). The rep walked me through the exact same steps, which did not resolve the issue. When I asked to open a ticket to report this as a bug, the call was disconnected.
What I'm looking for:
- Confirmation this is a known bug — the "Cox Wifi for guests" toggle isn't propagating the disable command to the gateway
- Escalation to a tech support tier that can push the config change to the gateway directly, or manually disable these SSIDs on my equipment
- A ticket/case number I can reference going forward, since phone support wasn't able to provide one
Has anyone else run into this, or can a Cox moderator get this escalated?

LatitiaS
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501 Messages
3 days ago
Hi DaveR00, we can surely assist you with getting this escalated. Please send us an email to cox.help@cox.com with your account details. We look forward to working with you.
-Latitia
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ExtraChrispy
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196 Messages
10 hours ago
Silly question for you, are you sure it's your device that is still broadcasting these SSID's and you don't have neighbors that are also using Cox and they're the ones broadcasting?
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