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Is it possible to use a different router with gen 5's HT2000w?
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
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!
Judging from the manual, it looks like you can do overall metering of traffic, but not by device.
www.downloads.netgear.com/files/.../WNDR4000/WNDR4000_UM_06May2013.pdf
thanks! now am i disabling the broadcasting of all the networks on the ht2000w,and using the netgear to broadcast? sorry if my questions are lame but this is new territory for me and i really appreciate the help!
love to learn! =)
I think something happened to that link in your post. http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WNDR4000/WNDR4000_UM_06May2013.pdf
When I was using my Netgear WNR2000 (N300) I used the Netgear Genie App for Windows and it worked very well for monitoring the data as a whole. I also use Glasswire for my computer, itself. Glasswire is free, and it's a great program for monitoring the data on the computer it's installed on, especially if it's using a lot of data and you're trying to determine just what, on the computer, is using it.
Great indication of how my day is going, btw.
You and me, both! LOL.
But that is really weird that it replaced the GDC with ... in the link. Just plain wacky.
yeah, the link didn't work for me either but i was thinking cuz i'm on a mac, but pdf. duh! we digress! at any rate, i downloaded the genie and the manual, then noticed there's new firmware for v2, so do I need to update the firmware first?
i sure am glad i found you guys cuz this is unchartered territory for me...scary-fun! (I don't get out much!)
thanks for all of your help!
I'd try to find out what's in the firmware update before applying it because you never know what can happen.
I've done that with a Cisco router and ended up going back to the default firmware and building it back up from scratch. That can be a harrowing experience if you're not used to things like that. It always helps to have an alternate route to the internet (such as the 2000w's internal router) should you need to download something to fix a problem.
