wireless router on LAN

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Hi,

Can I put a wireless router (for a laptop to talk to) which is configured to use DHCP on our work LAN ?

I just need the laptop to be able to talk to the internet. Will it automatically get the gateway information when it is assigned an IP via DHCP ?

Thanks

Scott

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