Setting Up Wireless Network without DSL/Cable

Can you set up a wireless network WITHOUT having to have a DSL or CABLE
setup?

I have a LinkSys Router & LinkSys Access Point. Can I set up a wireless
network using these?

Thanks,

Richard

=.RLM.= wrote:

> Can you set up a wireless network WITHOUT having to have a DSL or
> CABLE setup?
>
> I have a LinkSys Router & LinkSys Access Point. Can I set up a
> wireless network using these?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Richard
>
You don't need access to the Internet to have a network. You can
certainly network your computers without it.

I attempted to run the WRT54G software & I can't get the web based
LinkSys screen to come up . . . is there a workaround?

Richard
....................

Jerry Park wrote:

> =.RLM.= wrote:
>
>> Can you set up a wireless network WITHOUT having to have a DSL or
>> CABLE setup?
>>
>> I have a LinkSys Router & LinkSys Access Point. Can I set up a
>> wireless network using these?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Richard
>>
> You don't need access to the Internet to have a network. You can
> certainly network your computers without it.

=.RLM.= <rlmcculley@{nospam}yahoo.com> wrote:
> Can you set up a wireless network WITHOUT having to have a DSL or CABLE
> setup?

> I have a LinkSys Router & LinkSys Access Point. Can I set up a wireless
> network using these?

Where's the client? What are you trying to connect to what?

some wireless routers need you to configure the WAN/cable side for a static
address. If you leave it at the default DHCP, they don't work weel,
spending too much time trying to get an address for the WAN side that's
never going to come.

I just took a wireless router out of the box, plugged in power, and configured
it from my wireless laptop. I wanted to configure the WEP security before
I connected it to the building network. Worked fine.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5

> > Can you set up a wireless network WITHOUT having to have a DSL or
CABLE
> > setup?

Yes, you can also use a dial up connection using Windows Internet
Connection Sharing if
you want to access the internet wirelessly
>
> > I have a LinkSys Router & LinkSys Access Point. Can I set up a
wireless
> > network using these?

What PCs do you have. The PCs need a wireless adapter (a client card).
Do you have
one of these?






Where's the client? What are you trying to connect to what?
>
> some wireless routers need you to configure the WAN/cable side for a
static
> address. If you leave it at the default DHCP, they don't work weel,
> spending too much time trying to get an address for the WAN side
that's
> never going to come.
>
> I just took a wireless router out of the box, plugged in power, and
configured
> it from my wireless laptop. I wanted to configure the WEP security
before
> I connected it to the building network. Worked fine.
>
> --
> ---
> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5
>

=.RLM.= wrote:
> Can you set up a wireless network WITHOUT having to have a DSL or
> CABLE setup?
>
> I have a LinkSys Router & LinkSys Access Point. Can I set up a
> wireless network using these?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Richard

Of course.. I have it set up for a few notebooks, pda's, netdisks, shared
media device etc, and use it (varied on my location and whats available)
with dial-up, cellphone, ethernet to existing networks, and of course to
cable and/or dsl.

I don't recall mine being web based.. just open my browser, type in the
address http://192.168.1.1/ and then enter the password admin

Just did it again while typing this, definately not web based....


=.RLM.= wrote:
> I attempted to run the WRT54G software & I can't get the web based
> LinkSys screen to come up . . . is there a workaround?
>
> Richard
> ...................
>
> Jerry Park wrote:
>
>> =.RLM.= wrote:
>>
>>> Can you set up a wireless network WITHOUT having to have a DSL or
>>> CABLE setup?
>>>
>>> I have a LinkSys Router & LinkSys Access Point. Can I set up a
>>> wireless network using these?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>> You don't need access to the Internet to have a network. You can
>> certainly network your computers without it.

Are you doing this WITHOUT being connected (DSL/Cable) to the internet?

I have tried this repeatedly WITHOUT internet access and without
exception have gotten nowhere.

With an active internet connection you WILL get a response, I proven
that on my home system.

Richard
.........................................

Peter Pan wrote:

> I don't recall mine being web based.. just open my browser, type in the
> address http://192.168.1.1/ and then enter the password admin
>
> Just did it again while typing this, definately not web based....
>
>
> =.RLM.= wrote:
>
>>I attempted to run the WRT54G software & I can't get the web based
>>LinkSys screen to come up . . . is there a workaround?
>>
>>Richard
>>...................
>>
>>Jerry Park wrote:
>>
>>
>>>=.RLM.= wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Can you set up a wireless network WITHOUT having to have a DSL or
>>>>CABLE setup?
>>>>
>>>>I have a LinkSys Router & LinkSys Access Point. Can I set up a
>>>>wireless network using these?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Richard
>>>>
>>>
>>>You don't need access to the Internet to have a network. You can
>>>certainly network your computers without it.
>
>
>

Yes.. absolutely.. I have 5 devices here (and multiple computers) on my
workbench.. I work in a computer repair place and do tech stuff for a
living, and have all sorts of stuff on the bench for when customers come
in.. While I was typing, I moved to another system, and did it (as i
typed... (why? wasn't sure if it was 192.168.1.0 or .1, so I had to test it,
and make sure I had the right number, Dlink must be)...It is exactly the
same on both the Linksys WRT54G **AND** a Linksys WAP54G....(I have both,
(along with a few others), they are sitting on my workbench, and I just did
it again to make absolutely sure.. Hit the reset button (make sure it was
reset to out of the box specs) and checked it again.).







=.RLM.= wrote:
> Are you doing this WITHOUT being connected (DSL/Cable) to the
> internet?
> I have tried this repeatedly WITHOUT internet access and without
> exception have gotten nowhere.
>
> With an active internet connection you WILL get a response, I proven
> that on my home system.
>
> Richard
> ........................................
>
> Peter Pan wrote:
>
>> I don't recall mine being web based.. just open my browser, type in
>> the address http://192.168.1.1/ and then enter the password admin
>>
>> Just did it again while typing this, definately not web based....
>>
>>
>> =.RLM.= wrote:
>>
>>> I attempted to run the WRT54G software & I can't get the web based
>>> LinkSys screen to come up . . . is there a workaround?
>>>
>>> Richard
>>> ...................
>>>
>>> Jerry Park wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> =.RLM.= wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Can you set up a wireless network WITHOUT having to have a DSL or
>>>>> CABLE setup?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a LinkSys Router & LinkSys Access Point. Can I set up a
>>>>> wireless network using these?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Richard
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You don't need access to the Internet to have a network. You can
>>>> certainly network your computers without it.

A LAN (local area network) is separate and distinct from Internet access.
You can certainly run a LAN without Internet.
I strongly suggest that you start off connecting one computer by Ethernet
cable to the router and configure the router. If it's a Linksys, open your
browser and type in http://192.168.1.1. This is not Internet but the
configuration page within the router.
You will then get a logon box. No user name but type in admin as the
password.
Every router manufacturer uses a different IP to login (DLink is
192.168.0.1)
Then ensure that DHCP is enabled so that the router will automatically
assign internal (non routable) IP's to each computer connecting.
Then use the XP wizard to configure your network and lastly set up the
wireless part.

Don't try them all at once unless you know exactly what you're doing - too
easy to make a minor slip and not know where to move.
Crawl before you run.
For the wireless part, start off with no security (no WEP etc), create a new
SSID (don't use the default) and then try connecting with one machine at a
time.

Good luck

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> =.RLM.= wrote:
>> Can you set up a wireless network WITHOUT having to have a DSL or
>> CABLE setup?
>>
>> I have a LinkSys Router & LinkSys Access Point. Can I set up a
>> wireless network using these?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Richard
>
> Of course.. I have it set up for a few notebooks, pda's, netdisks, shared
> media device etc, and use it (varied on my location and whats available)
> with dial-up, cellphone, ethernet to existing networks, and of course to
> cable and/or dsl.
>