Re: Disconnecting From the Internet
- From: "TryingToHelp" <somewhere@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:36:03 -0400
"PT" <xyz@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> As a safety precaution, I want to be able to temporarily disconnect my
> WinXP
> Home computer from the internet while leaving it active for other uses. My
> first pass, following some Usenet advice was to create two DOS batch
> files:
>
> net_off.bat
> ipconfig /release
> exit
> and
> net_on.bat
> ipconfig /renew
> exit
>
> However my ISP now tells me that these don't really disconnect my
> computer,
> but simply affect the IP address. He advised me that to do what I want, I
> should go to Settings|Network Connections|Local Area Connection. Then
> right
> click and select "Disable". Restoring would use the same process, but
> right
> clicking and selecting "Enable".
>
> Once again, for simplicity, I'd like to automate these steps with DOS
> batch
> files, or some other method if there is one.
>
> Suggestions are welcome.
>
> --
> PT
>
>
Try this.
Go to Network Connections
Right click and drag Local Area Connection to the desktop.
Right click on the icon and select Disable
Try to access the internet or mail.
Right click on the icon and select Enable.
Try to connect again.
.
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