Disconnecting cable from network adapter (VM)?

[JarryG]

How can I temporary "disconnect" cable from network adapter of VM? I think if I uncheck "Connect at power on" in VM Properties, that adapter will be disabled completely (not present). But I do not want to disable it, I want just "unplug" network cable for a while. How can I do that?

Just to explain my intentions: I want to uninstall firewall in VM (Win7) and install different one. But I do not want to be exposed "to the wild" even for a few minutes till I install different new firewall and set it up. But if I disable network adapter completely, I will not be able to use that interface in firewall-rules. So I *want* to have network adapter, but *disconnected*...

[a_p_]

Don't worry, unchecking "Connect at power on" will just not connect the VM to the network, the virtual NIC in the guest will still be present, but shows up as not connected.

André

[JarryG]

Is it really so? Because help says:

Connect at power on:

"...If you do not check this option, the network adapter is not available to the virtual machine when it first powers on..."

I understand it so that NIC will not be in VM as device at all. Maybe I'm wrong, but then it should be described better. It is a big difference when NIC is present but not connected, and when NIC is not present at all...

[a_p_]

I agree, it really should read "... the network is not available ...". When you start the VM it will just not be connected to the virtual switch, i.e. cable is unplugged.

André