To not connect to the internet

[GoLowDrew]

Here is what I'm doing. I get one the web with cable internet to do work. Then I need to use dial up to up load the work on the receiving end. The receiving end can only accept dial up. Not high speed.When I turn on my computer, it automatically connect the high speed cable.My dial up would not work, until I unplug the ethernet cable, and reboot.Is there an easier way so I don't have to unplug the cable? Are there network settings I can change? Win XP.Please spell it out for a 6 year old so I can understand it better.TIA

[ragingfish]

If you go into the network settings control panel, you can temporarily disable your high speed. Just right click the "Local Area Network" icon, and click disable. Then you should be able to use your dialup. When you're done just right click again and select enable.

[AKLGT]

Quote, originally posted by ragingfish »If you go into the network settings control panel, you can temporarily disable your high speed. Just right click the "Local Area Network" icon, and click disable. Then you should be able to use your dialup. When you're done just right click again and select enable.what he said...

[Lancer]

So your 'puter is on cable and your @ work puter is still dial up, right?It shouldn't make any differance how they are connected, it's still the same internet. Have you tried to send files to your work puter from home using the cable connection?Can you be a little more specific on wht your doing and the programs your using? Do you have any IT support at your workplace or from your service provider? There should be no need to be switching from one IP to another just to send a file to another computer.

[joatmon]

I guess it depends on the work being done, why the high speed is ok to do work, but dial up is required to submit the finished product. Perhaps the system that accepts the finished product is not accessible over the internet, only by a dedicated single purpose dial up direct to the target. Some systems I access have security policies that limit access to specific domains. When I connect up at home via cable modem, I am not in the correct domain and can't access those systems, but that domain has a dial up server, I can call in , which puts me in that domain, and then I can access the systems. Luckily for me, that domain also has a Virtual Private Network (VPN) server running, so I can use a VPN client, which effectively tunnels through the internet and connects me to that domain, so then I can access those systems without having to dial in to the domain specific phone server. I don't run it all the time though, because when I VPN in, all traffic goes through that other network, and I don't want all my net traffic (such as genvibe) going though their security monitorsPerhaps GLD's work system has a VPN client he can run to take advantage of his high speed network connection and still access the required work

[GoLowDrew]

Quote, originally posted by joatmon » Perhaps the system that accepts the finished product is not accessible over the internet, only by a dedicated single purpose dial up direct to the target. I guess that's the case. Thanks guys. I will try turning it off with the right click.

[Kamikaze]

Quote, originally posted by AKLGT »what he said... That should work... If it doesn't, let us know.

[GoLowDrew]

Quote, originally posted by ragingfish »If you go into the network settings control panel, you can temporarily disable your high speed. Just right click the "Local Area Network" icon, and click disable. Then you should be able to use your dialup. When you're done just right click again and select enable.You would think it's simple enough. It does not work. It would not disconnect. In fact, the computer sort of just "stuck" (frozen) being connected. I then control-alt-delete and see that it's still running. Then the computer snap out of it. It was still connected. So I just unplug it again.Please help. Why is it not disconecting? Plug and unplus will break it one day, I'm sure.TIA

[keithvibe]

your computer is already broke if it won't disconnect your LAC... lol JK...

[tribalman]

odd. i purposely break the tab on my rj-45 connectors because i swap around cables all the time. some times i wanna connect to one network for net access, and some other times i wanna connect to my personal room lan(in school learning about servers and etc, it's more fun to really try and break a server) and i dont want that one connected. whenever i pull a plug within a fraction of a second i get a pop-up saying a network cable is not connected. i am using xp pro. if you are running an older version or some older hardware, that may be the reason why it's "locking up" when you pull the cable.