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newtonf
Junior
7 years ago

Can I connect to HT2000w using WIFI - without connecting to internet

Hello everyone, No complaints and all is going swimmingly, but I do have an interesting, hopefully simple question.   First my system: HT2000W using the wifi for 4 Windows 10 computers, two wireles...
  • C0RR0SIVE's avatar
    C0RR0SIVE
    7 years ago

    You can easily do this if you assign the computers a static IP, and omit the Gateway address...  Not sure how you would do this on other devices or operating systems, but in Win10/7 you can do the following.

    1: Open Control Panel
       A: Win7, that's easy!
       B: Win10, click Start and type Control Panel, then select Control Panel when/if it pops up... Good luck!
    2: Open Network and Sharing Center
    3: Click "Change Adapter Settings" on the top left
    4: Right click on your Network Adapter that you wish to change
    5: Select Properties
    6: Uncheck Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)

    7: Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
    8: Click Properties
    9: Here's the fun part!  Depending on how you have your HT2000w setup as far as IP/DHCP ranges goes, you will need to enter in a few particular addresses.

    In most cases you will be using the followingish, making sure to keep the last octect of the IP address unique between all devices.  Below is an example only.

    10: Click OK, then close all the annoying windows you just opened.

    11: Assign the IPv4 you used as a static mapping in your HT2000w.

    Note, doing this change will most likely prevent you from being able to use other networks unless you go back to automatically obtaining an IP address for the network adapter.

newtonf's avatar
newtonf
Junior

Thanks BirdDog. I'll give it a try.

newtonf's avatar
newtonf
Junior
7 years ago

Hello all,

I've tried everything I can think of within Windows 10 to no avail. It seems that the router that is part of the HT2000W is very tightly tied to the HughesNet modem. Accessing the network via wifi automatically connects my laptop computer to the internet and, again, I don't want my "slave" computers connected to the internet, but I want them to have access to my local network.

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  • C0RR0SIVE's avatar
    C0RR0SIVE
    Associate Professor
    7 years ago

    You can easily do this if you assign the computers a static IP, and omit the Gateway address...  Not sure how you would do this on other devices or operating systems, but in Win10/7 you can do the following.

    1: Open Control Panel
       A: Win7, that's easy!
       B: Win10, click Start and type Control Panel, then select Control Panel when/if it pops up... Good luck!
    2: Open Network and Sharing Center
    3: Click "Change Adapter Settings" on the top left
    4: Right click on your Network Adapter that you wish to change
    5: Select Properties
    6: Uncheck Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)

    7: Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
    8: Click Properties
    9: Here's the fun part!  Depending on how you have your HT2000w setup as far as IP/DHCP ranges goes, you will need to enter in a few particular addresses.

    In most cases you will be using the followingish, making sure to keep the last octect of the IP address unique between all devices.  Below is an example only.

    10: Click OK, then close all the annoying windows you just opened.

    11: Assign the IPv4 you used as a static mapping in your HT2000w.

    Note, doing this change will most likely prevent you from being able to use other networks unless you go back to automatically obtaining an IP address for the network adapter.

    • newtonf's avatar
      newtonf
      Junior
      7 years ago

      Way past cool. Thanks