In other words, turn off the routers DHCP server until
you need it.
Otherwise, no damage in having it installed & powered
up.
Thane Sherrington wrote:
> At 02:40 PM 03/10/2007, DHSinclair wrote:
>> Do I risk any damage to the new router if I place
it on my LAN (under
>> power)
>> w/o a valid connection and service credentials?
>
> If you plug in a router, it will attempt to get an
IP address from the
> internet side, and will hand out IPs to computers
connected to the local
> side. It may disconnect you from the Internet, but
shouldn't harm the
> router.
>
> T
>
>
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