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After a storm last week, my internet became spotty and unreliable after all devices working perfectly and in-sync prior to this. 

I factory reset everything I do not know how many times.. I called Google support several times, as well as my ISP Xfinity - to no avail. After the reset - the extenders can’t connect to my arris. 

I have 3 Google Nest WiFi Pro - I use one as the router and it is connected to my Arris SBG7400AC2 via Ethernet cable. Now, I have internet through Arris but signal is weak throughout the house. When I try to add a device through the google home app, it displays all 3 Nest wifi devices  , I select the one that I’ve been using and that is connected via Ethernet cable, I go though the promts but when I get to the “connect the Ethernet cable” - I get stuck! Nothing happens.. I also tried to swap the devices to see maybe that one is bad one now - not working. 

I also cannot log in to the Arris admin menu to see if I can bridge it.. I tried resetting, using “password” as password - it just tells me that my profile has been locked.. Just frustrating all around.. 

SBG7400AC2 is a gateway which is the combination of cable modem and router so when you are connecting separate router to the modem you need to enable bridge mode on the modem and then connect router to the modem ethernet port to setup Google Nest Wi-Fi. Please follow the steps mentioned on the below article to setup bridge mode on the Arris modem.

http://arris.force.com/consumers/articles/General_FAQs/SBG7400AC2-Bridge-Mode-Setup