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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

shawstad's avatar
shawstad
Freshman

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!

  • shawstad's avatar
    shawstad
    Freshman
    7 years ago

    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!  =)

    • C0RR0SIVE's avatar
      C0RR0SIVE
      Associate Professor
      7 years ago

      Yes, you will want to disable all the Wifi Networks present on your HT2000w if you plan on using another router for your Wifi.

      • shawstad's avatar
        shawstad
        Freshman
        7 years ago

        thanks a bunch!

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

    MarkJFine

     

    I think something happened to that link in your post.  http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WNDR4000/WNDR4000_UM_06May2013.pdf

     

     

    shawstad

     

    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.  

    • MarkJFine's avatar
      MarkJFine
      Professor
      7 years ago

      Great indication of how my day is going, btw.

       

       

       

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

        You and me, both!  LOL. 

         

        But that is really weird that it replaced the GDC with ... in the link.  Just plain wacky.  

         

    • shawstad's avatar
      shawstad
      Freshman
      7 years ago

      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!

      • MarkJFine's avatar
        MarkJFine
        Professor
        7 years ago

        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.