Internet on and off

[Janne]

In my Win7 I have pulled out a copy of "Local Area Connection" on the desktop and thus can turn the internet connection on or off with a click there.
How can I do that in Win 10 (Pro)?

 

[Janne]

In my Win7 I have pulled out a copy of "Local Area Connection" on the desktop and thus can turn the internet connection on or off with a click there.
How can I do that in Win 10 (Pro)?

Disapponting that no-one knows....

 

[Bastet]

Windows 10 has Airplane mode which does the same I believe.

 

[Janne]

Apparently much the same as disabling wifi, but it does not disable the ethernet connection... How can that be done with a click?

 

[davehc]

Windows 10 has Airplane mode which does the same I believe.

"Please note: If my replies are ignored by the op then no further help will be offered by me."

I like that

 

[davehc]

In my Win7 I have pulled out a copy of "Local Area Connection" on the desktop and thus can turn the internet connection on or off with a click there.
How can I do that in Win 10 (Pro)?

Click on the WiFi icon located in the Task-bar, near the bottom right corner of your screen. In the menu that appears, click on the WiFi Action button to Turn ON WiFi

 

[Janne]

Sorry, but wifi and ethernet by cable are two different things. The advice is good - but only for wifi, thanks anyway.
Wifi and airplane mode are off but ethernet is still on. I use it all the time but never use wifi - why? 1. It has only limited access where I live and 2. I prefer to minimize radiation. The good old ethernet via the telephone cable is certainly good enough. But I cannot turn its connection off and on in Windows 10... Yet I can in Windows 7 with just a click... And that is the main issue for me, not wifi.

 

[Bastet]

Apparently much the same as disabling wifi, but it does not disable the ethernet connection... How can that be done with a click?

You would just remove the Ethernet cable to disable the Ethernet connection.

 

[Janne]

You would just remove the Ethernet cable to disable the Ethernet connection.

 

[Janne]

Of course... and then the power plug to close the computer... Like screwing out the lamp bulb before I go to bed.
If it can easily be done with just a click in Win7, there must be a way also in Win10!

 

[Bastet]

Can you not recreate what you did with Win 7 on the Win 10 PC or does this not work?
You have asked how to disable Ethernet & disconnecting is easier than clicking any shortcut. Why reply with what appears to be a sarcastic answer.
Try Control Panel>Settings>Network & Security>Status>Change adapter settings>Right click the Ethernet & choose disable, you can also choose to create a shortcut to the Ethernet.
Then right click the shortcut to enable/disable the Ethernet.

 

[Iceboy]

Don't think the wifi will work with the ethernet plug in anyway. Disable one the get the other.

 

[Janne]

Can you not recreate what you did with Win 7 on the Win 10 PC or does this not work?
You have asked how to disable Ethernet & disconnecting is easier than clicking any shortcut. Why reply with what appears to be a sarcastic answer.
Try Control Panel>Settings>Network & Security>Status>Change adapter settings>Right click the Ethernet & choose disable, you can also choose to create a shortcut to the Ethernet.
Then right click the shortcut to enable/disable the Ethernet.

Sorry if joking with words appears sarcastic...
Your advice is similar to what I did in Win7, only with a difference in terminology. I will try that!
Thanks.

 

[Janne]

Don't think the wifi will work with the ethernet plug in anyway. Disable one the get the other.

 

[Janne]

Well, but it really does.

 

[Bastet]

Keep us updated.

 

[davehc]

Well, but it really does.

Agreed. It does. But unutilised if you are on the ethernet - only for use for your local network people.

 

[davehc]

Going back to my original advice (Wireless only), if you click the taskbar icon, you can then "disconnect" your ethernet.

 

[Janne]

Keep us updated.

That's it! Thanks! It works like in my Win7. I dragged out Ethernet Status to the desktop to make an icon there. Clicking on it, I van disable or reenable the Ethernet connection.
If I am working a long time on, e.g., a text document, I usually do not need the Internet. Then I prefer to disconnect from it for reasons of privacy (such as tracking) and security (sniffing in my computer) and so on. Then I prefer to keep MicroCIA out.

 

[Iceboy]

If you are worried about tracking, use firefox with blocked third party and with Privacy badger attached to your browser and tracking is over, honestly.