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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
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.
