Sooner
Thu Apr 24 05:17:24 PDT 2008
You can do that. Make sure the PCs are set to get their LAN IPs from the
router's built-in DHCP server. You will just be using the router as a
wireless access point and network switch in that case. Here is a nice set of
articles from MS.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813936/
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"sg" <sgiulia@optonline.net> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to set up a LAN before I have a cable or DSL modem
> available.
> I would like to network a wireless laptop and two desktops using a Linksys
> wireless 4 port router before I subscribe to a cable or DSL service then
> at a later date add the cable/dsl modem.
> Is this possible or do I have to have access to the internet before I can
> build the network?
> Thanks for any info you can provide.