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why do most technicians unplugs the ethernet port before installation of the OS?

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To stop the chicken from crossing the road.

Or perhaps close the window of opportunity to malware when the OS is only partially installed, with network up and NO firewall configured.

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So it is for security purposes.

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So it is for security purposes.

This is done in order to avoid conflict so that when the bios is resolvin to find the os thru the cd rom or the lan connection.

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