LAN gaming with no internet access?

[Vivilacqua1]

This thanksgiving me and a few family members are going camping out in the desert and want to play a few games like Terraria and such together. Since there's probably no 4g internet out there would setting a phone as a hotspot work? I get that we wouldn't be able to go online but can we still connect and play?

[kurtstir]

2 minutes ago, Vivilacqua1 said:

This thanksgiving me and a few family members are going camping out in the desert and want to play a few games like Terraria and such together. Since there's probably no 4g internet out there would setting a phone as a hotspot work? I get that we wouldn't be able to go online but can we still connect and play?

What would work best is connecting via a powered network switch so that the computers can all play on the same intranet

[Vivilacqua1]

2 minutes ago, kurtstir said:

What would work best is connecting via a powered network switch so that the computers can all play on the same intranet

And the switch + some ethernet cables would be all I need to set up a network?

[kurtstir]

as long as it had power it should work

 

[LogicalDrm]

LAN is literally local area network. It doesn't need connection to internet. Just switch for PCs to see each other in same network. Same way former Tek Syndicate had HighLANder set done.

[Levisallanon]

Do note that if you only have a switch and computers you won't have a DHCP server so you will need to set up your ip addresses manually or run a DHCP server on one of the machines.
You can run a program like this for example :
http://www.dhcpserver.de/cms/