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Today I am running Mathematica from a computer that is permanently connected to our university network. Because of a number of reasons, I am not allowed to disconnect my computer from our network.

My conflict is that I have some code I wish to test that depends on whether the computer is connected to the Internet or otherwise. How can I pretend my computer is not connected to the Internet for testing?

I know about $NetworkConnected to check if the computer is connected, but temporarily setting it to False with Block does not seem to work.

As a simple example of code that needs an Internet connection for testing purposes, you can use CurrencyConvert.

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Reset to default
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You can set $AllowInternet to False (or just turn off your WiFi or unplug the cable).

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  • $\begingroup$ $AllowInternet looks like it does what I need, but I did not find this in documentation. $\endgroup$
    – 宮元亜衣
    Commented Sep 5, 2019 at 16:29
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    $\begingroup$ @宮元亜衣 You can turn off accessing the internet using the GUI in the preferences. I believe $AllowInternet does exactly the same (and toggling the GUI toggles this variable too). I don't know where it's documented. It's probably undocumented (but widely known). $\endgroup$
    – Szabolcs
    Commented Sep 5, 2019 at 16:33
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    $\begingroup$ For limited documentation use Names["*Internet*"] followed by ??$AllowInternet $\endgroup$
    – Bob Hanlon
    Commented Sep 5, 2019 at 16:52
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A general solution for Windows is to run an application (such as Mathematica) inside a Sandboxie sandbox, for which Sandbox Settings > Restrictions > Internet Access has been set to "No program can access the Internet."

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