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TimS's avatar
TimS
New Poster
8 years ago

Is it possible to use a different router with gen 5's HT2000w?

  • GabeU's avatar
    GabeU
    8 years ago

    Absolutely.  Lots of folks do, actually.  You can connect a 3rd party router to any one of the LAN ports and use that for more ports or WiFi.  If you're going to use the 3rd party router for WiFi it would be best to turn off the competing WiFi band(s) (2.4Ghz or 5Ghz, or both) in the HT2000W so that the two WiFi sources aren't fighting each other.  

     

    The instructions for turning off the WiFi in the HT2000W are in the following PDF, under "How do I manage my built-in Wi-Fi modem?"

     

    http://customer.kb.hughesnet.com/Documents/1041318-0001_a.pdf

  • GabeU's avatar
    GabeU
    Distinguished Professor IV
    8 years ago

    Absolutely.  Lots of folks do, actually.  You can connect a 3rd party router to any one of the LAN ports and use that for more ports or WiFi.  If you're going to use the 3rd party router for WiFi it would be best to turn off the competing WiFi band(s) (2.4Ghz or 5Ghz, or both) in the HT2000W so that the two WiFi sources aren't fighting each other.  

     

    The instructions for turning off the WiFi in the HT2000W are in the following PDF, under "How do I manage my built-in Wi-Fi modem?"

     

    http://customer.kb.hughesnet.com/Documents/1041318-0001_a.pdf

    • TimS's avatar
      TimS
      New Poster
      8 years ago

      I knew that another router could be connected that way (once it was put into bridge mode), but all that gives you is more ports, and a different set of wifi radios.  What I'm really interested in is using a different router than the HT2000w for NAT and DHCP.  By connecting a different router to one of the HT2000w's lan ports you still must use the hughes box for NAT and DHCP.  The hughes router's NAT table is relatively small, only allowing up to 10 connections.

      After going thru the detailed menu's on the hughes box, it doesn't appear possible to use another router for NAT and DHCP.  Too bad hughes didn't design the HT2000w with an ethernet output port directly from the satellite modem, bypassing the internal router,  so a user could use the router of their choice, and not be limited to the electronics they chose to include in the same box.

      • MarkJFine's avatar
        MarkJFine
        Professor
        8 years ago

        Do other satellite internet companies do it differently?

    • shawstad's avatar
      shawstad
      Freshman
      7 years ago

      hi! i have a netgear n750 that I was going to use with the ht2000w. 

      would you happen to know if the netgear n750 is capable of monitoring activity? i'd like to find out where all my data's going. thanks for any light you could shed!