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Hi Mac_Guy,   It looks like you received some really helpful information so far, but I wanted to swing by and leave an official reference for you and anyone who has the same question. The amount of users who actually have the status meter desktop app installed was extremely low (less than 1% of our over 1 million subscribers). This ended up utilizing resources we felt we could better use developing new and improved tools.    This URL will explain more, but to make it easier for others to see, I will paste the contents here:   Notice: The Usage Meter has been retired.   The Usage Meter (formerly Status Meter) has been retired.  Please discontinue use and uninstall this tool.  The Usage Meter will no longer be supported by HughesNet Customer Care and is not available for download.   However, there is great news! You can do all the things you did on Usage Meter (plus much more) on the HughesNet Mobile App and on myHughesNet.com.   Simply download the Mobile App in the App store or Google Play to track data usage, purchase tokens and view your bill or visit myHughesNet.com. ------------------------   As others have mentioned, you can also avoid signing in to any website or app (as long as you are checking while on your HughesNet Wi-Fi connection) by browsing to www.systemcontrolcenter.com or http://192.168.0.1 . You can do this wired or wirelessly!   Those links will take you to your HughesNet System Control Center which resides in your modem. This is where your old desktop Status Meter used to 'draw' the data usage information from. You can bookmark these pages and access them from virtually any device with a web browser.    If you really want to get to that page fast, you can create a shortcut on your desktop on Windows:   > Right click your desktop screen > Hover to "New", select the "Shortcut" option > Type in one of the addresses listed above > Click 'Next' > Name your shortcut (you can change this later) > Click "Finish"   A new shortcut will be made using your default web browser. Just double click it and it should take you right to your System Control Center homepage!       ... View more

I imagine you've already answered your own question since your post was made on May 16.   However, I just had HughesNet Gen5 installed. I disabled both WiFi channels in the HT2000W. I plugged my Airport Extreme into the HT2000W via an ethernet cable. I had to change the Airport Extreme’s "Router Mode" in the "Network" tab to "Off (Bridge Mode)." The HT2000W is handling NAT which apparently can’t be turned off, so I was getting a double NAT error on the Airport Extreme.   I'm using both WiFi channels on the Airport Extreme.   On the Airport Extreme's "Internet" tab I've got "Connect Using" set to "DHCP” which gets addresses from the HT2000W.   In the Mac's "System Preferences" > "Network" > “Ethernet” > “Advanced…” button > DNS tab I've got the DNS Server set to 192.168.0.1 (the HT2000W address.)   In the HT2000W “WiFi Settings” > “Advanced Setup” > “DNS” I’ve got “Obtain from ISP” checkbox selected.   I’ve got a Netgear gigabit ethernet switch connected to the Airport Extreme and have computers and a printer plugged into the switch. I have other computers plugged into the Airport Express. Everything on my LAN is connected via the Airport Express.   Hope that gives you some idea of how I’m using Gen5. It took a few tweaks to get things working as I expected, but so far I’m happy with the lower cost, and higher speed compared to my former Exede satellite ISP. ... View more