Hidden SSID on DPC3941T

I am not able to enable/disable the Xfinity hotspot on the DPC3941t gateway.  It is disabled by Comcast.  I did have it enabled on my previous one, the TC8305 and it worked well as a guest network.  I was disappointed that I could not enable it on the DPC3941t.  

Hello, I read the previous postings on this subject and although one was listed as solved, the solution was not posted.  I have turned off both Wifi 2.5gHz and 5.0gHz and the DPC3941t is still broadcasing a Wifi hidden network with a MAC address one number off from its 2.5gHz one.  So the Wifi is not really off.  I was told by Comcast tech support that I could not enable the xfinitywifi on this gateway; that it had been disabled by Comcast because it interfered with the bandwidth.  So it is still there, and still broadcasting, but I cannot use it.  If there is any way to disable wifi on this box, please reply.  I have one other issue with the DPC3941T, which I just received yesterday, but I will start another thread for it.  Thank you.  Kathleen Matlock

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