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Disconnect Internet using CMD

Internet is the backbone of all online services like social media, banking and much more. Its necessary for all those who want to achieve success in their field.

As internet is necessary for most processes but sometimes it needed to be disconnected fro which most people unplug Ethernet cable it they are utilizing wired internet. Internet can be disconnected using CMD.
Following is the step by step technique to disconnect internet using CMD.

Disconnect Internet:

Step 1 :

Open CMD with administrator privileges.

Step 2 :

Following command will provide a list of installed network devices.
netsh interface show interface

Step 3 :

Following command will disconnect internet from selected device.
netsh interface set interface name=NAME admin=disabled
Note: Change underlined text as required. This is the name of device you want to disconnect.

Result :

Internet will be disconnected.

Reconnect Internet:

Step 1 :

Open CMD with administrator privileges.

Step 2 :

Following command will provide a list of installed network devices.
netsh interface show interface

Step 3 :

Following command will disconnect internet from selected device.
netsh interface set interface name=NAME admin=enabled
Note: Change underlined text as required. This is the name of device you want to reconnect.

Result :

Internet will be reconnected.

Below is the video tutorial about disconnecting internet using CMD :

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