IIS6, Disable Network Adapters

Disable Network Adapters in The Network Encyclopedia Tutorials and Documentation (IIS 6.0 Deployment Guide)

Disable Network Adapters

To ensure that clients cannot connect to the Web server while it is being upgraded, disable the network adapter that connects the Web server to the clients before taking it offline for the upgrade.

Requirements

Credentials: Membership in the Administrators group on the local computer.
Tools: none.

Procedures

  To disable the network adapter for IIS 5 0
 
1. Click Start, click Settings, and then click Network Connections.
2. Locate the network adapter that connects the Web server to the clients.
3. Right-click the network adapter, and then click Disable.
  To disable the network adapter for IIS 4 0
 
1. In Control Panel, double-click Network.
2. On the Bindings tab, click the network adapter, click Disable, and then click OK.