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TimS's avatar
TimS
New Poster
8 years ago
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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

shawstad's avatar
shawstad
Freshman
8 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!