Turn Off Unused Network Services

Last updated 2010-09-06 - Send Feedback
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Always prefer wired networking (ethernet) to wireless.

Turn off all services that are not needed; you need only one.

Turn unnecessary network services off (make them inactive)

Only one network is needed for 99.9% of users

Durable and fast, up to 1800MB/s

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