How to temporarily block Internet activity ?

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Every now and then, when you're online, something suspicious happens
(such as the hard-drive being accessed for an unusually long time)
and you want to block any Internet activity that might be occurring
but without dropping the connection (if you're on dial-up)
or without unplugging the cable (if you're on broadband).

If you have Zone Alarm, you can easily do that by right-clicking
on its icon in the system tray and selecting "Stop all Internet
Activity", and then unblock it later when you're ready.

But for those who don't have Zone Alarm, is there a built-in
feature in Windows 2000 or XP that can accomplish the same thing?

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Go to run then type winipcfg release all..

Mich...

"wylbur37" <wylbur37nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1118313674.905154.22270@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Every now and then, when you're online, something suspicious happens
> (such as the hard-drive being accessed for an unusually long time)
> and you want to block any Internet activity that might be occurring
> but without dropping the connection (if you're on dial-up)
> or without unplugging the cable (if you're on broadband).
>
> If you have Zone Alarm, you can easily do that by right-clicking
> on its icon in the system tray and selecting "Stop all Internet
> Activity", and then unblock it later when you're ready.
>
> But for those who don't have Zone Alarm, is there a built-in
> feature in Windows 2000 or XP that can accomplish the same thing?
>

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I know this going to sound cheeky, but use zone alarm. The type of feature
you are looking for does not exist in 2000. Let me be more succinct.

I am hearing that you want to stop internet activity, but not sever the
connection nor block any other kind of traffic (lan traffic).

"wylbur37" wrote:

> Every now and then, when you're online, something suspicious happens
> (such as the hard-drive being accessed for an unusually long time)
> and you want to block any Internet activity that might be occurring
> but without dropping the connection (if you're on dial-up)
> or without unplugging the cable (if you're on broadband).
>
> If you have Zone Alarm, you can easily do that by right-clicking
> on its icon in the system tray and selecting "Stop all Internet
> Activity", and then unblock it later when you're ready.
>
> But for those who don't have Zone Alarm, is there a built-in
> feature in Windows 2000 or XP that can accomplish the same thing?
>
>

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On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 18:24:38 -0000, frodo@theshire.org wrote:

>the very common Motorola SurfBoard cable modem has a switch on top that
>turns off the WAN side of things. Lots of folks don't notice it...

I own that cable modem but my current ISP doesn't support it so I have
to rent their archaic cable modem anyway which has no such on/off
switch. Grrr!

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The power cord is an effective off switch.

Fisher wrote:

> On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 18:24:38 -0000, frodo@theshire.org wrote:
>
>
>>the very common Motorola SurfBoard cable modem has a switch on top that
>>turns off the WAN side of things. Lots of folks don't notice it...
>
>
> I own that cable modem but my current ISP doesn't support it so I have
> to rent their archaic cable modem anyway which has no such on/off
> switch. Grrr!

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Want a different answer, use different equipment.

Fisher wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 09:14:34 -0500, Bob I <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>The power cord is an effective off switch.
>
>
> And a hassle.

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On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:47:14 -0400, Tom Giarmo <TomGiarmoI@use.net>
wrote:

>> I own that cable modem but my current ISP doesn't support it so I have
>> to rent their archaic cable modem anyway which has no such on/off
>> switch. Grrr!

>Neither does my fukken Linksys router, stupid fukken bastard I was for
>buying it.

Go to Walmart and get an inline switch. It looks much like any outlet
extension block but it has a switch. Insert it between the receptical
and the power brick. Flick the switch.


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On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 06:46:49 -0400, "R. McCarty"
<PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote:

>Depends, if you use Broadband you can Right Click the LAC icon
>in the System Tray and left click Disable.

I've got Pro SP2 and the "disable" selection is grayed out. Maybe
only an administrator can do that?


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I know this thread is old but given this troubling article on the inquirer about how your firewall may not be the most trustworthy tool:

Is your firewall spying on you?

You may be interested to learn about a tool that is independent of any firewall (or other strings attached) and does just that - temporarily blocks all Internet activity, without blocking access to your local network:

Block the Internet at your will