Abstract: Apparatus for connecting and disconnecting a computer or other device to the Internet includes switching means which has an input and output. The switching means is operative in a first mode to connect the input to the output and in a second mode to disconnect the input from the output. The network output from the computer is coupled to the input of the switching means with the output of the switching means coupled to the network. There are means coupled to the switching means to operate the switching means in either said first or second mode. The switching means utilizes first and second switches each of which are momentary switches. The first switch is associated with a one-shot which triggers the switching means in the first mode while the second switch is associated with a flip-flop which operates the switching means in the second mode.