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Subject: Re: network on/off switch
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 23:46:52 -0500
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Peter used his or her keyboard to write :

> Do you have a network on/off switch that can be double clicked to turn the 
> network off and then double clicked to turn the network back on?

nettoggle.lnk
 C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /run /TN "task nettoggle"
                                                                                                                     ~                               
taskschd.msc
 task nettoggle 
 Run with highest privileges = checked
 Action = Start a program
 Program/script = %comspec%
 Add arguments = /c start "" c:\pathto\nettoggle.bat

nettoggle.bat
 @echo off
 set defgw=192.168.1.1
 set "ip="
 for /f "tokens=2,3 delims={,}" %%a in ('"WMIC NICConfig where IPEnabled="True" get DefaultIPGateway /value | find "I" "') do if not defined ip set ip=%%~a
 IF "%ip%"=="%defgw%" ( %comspec% /c %windir%\system32\route.exe delete 0.0.0.0 %defgw%) ELSE ( %comspec% /c %windir%\system32\route.exe add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 %defgw%)
 exit