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Easily disable network connections when necessary
Authored by: foobar104 on Jun 17, '03 01:29:55PM

This is not a good hint.

It's never a good idea to deliberately enter invalid information into a system preference pane. That's just asking for trouble. Instead, you should simply disable your network interfaces. Here's a step-by-step procedure.

1. Open System Preferences and bring up the Network pane.

2. If you want, create a new location for easy toggling.

3. On the "Show" popup, select Network Port Configurations.

4. Uncheck everything.

5. Click "Apply Now."

At this point, you will have no networking. To re-enable networking, return to the Network Port Configurations interface and check the network connections you wish to enable. Or use the Location menu.



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