How do I temporarily turn off the ethernet connection on my iMac the when wanting to use the WiFi connection only?
Thank you.
Ray
iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 12.3
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities.
Go to System Preferences > Network, select Ethernet from the left sidebar, and in the "Configure IPv4" dropdown menu, select "Off". Then, click Apply.
Jack
Jack, I'm not sure why it didn't work for me, but I found this method that the did the trick.
Drop down at the bottom. Select 'Make Service Inactive' and/or 'Make Service Active' based on its current condition.
Thanks for your quick response and suggestion.
Ray
Thank you, but I see you have your Cable Unplugged. If I leave my cable in, I can set the iPv4 as Off, but the connection still remains even after clicking Apply. To test this, I turned off my WiFi and I was still able to browse the internet. Very strange. I was hoping for a Turn Off setting like the one for WiFi.
Ray Donato wrote:
Thank you, but I see you have your Cable Unplugged. If I leave my cable in, I can set the iPv4 as Off, but the connection still remains even after clicking Apply. To test this, I turned off my WiFi and I was still able to browse the internet. Very strange. I was hoping for a Turn Off setting like the one for WiFi.
I know I have my cable unplugged, but it should still disable Ethernet.
Jack
Good to know! Thanks for the follow-up.
Jack
iMac - Temporarily turning off the ethernet connection and using WiFi only.
