Today i found a nice trick to schedule automatic connection and disconnection from your broadband connection which i thought, might be useful to share with you. This trick is especially useful for those who have connection which are unlimited for a certain period of time in a day.

You can download large files from Internet in free time and automatically disconnect when the free time limit is over.

To do this you’ll need to open Notepad, and type in

RASDIAL [Connection Name] [Username] [Password]

and save your file as Connect.bat on your hard disk.

e.g. if i have a connection named Broadband Connection with username abc and password xyz, then i would write

RASDIAL “Broadband Connection” abc xyz

Enclose connection name in double quotes if it has space in its name.

Similarly, create another file named Disconnect.bat with contents:

RASDIAL /DISCONNECT

Make sure file extension is .bat and not .txt. Here, first file Connect.bat is for connection and second file Disconnect.bat for disconnection from Broadband Connection.

Now we need to schedule the tasks. To do this move to Control Panel > Scheduled Tasks. Now Click on Add Scheduled Task to add a new scheduled task.

A Scheduled Task Wizard will open, Click Next and it’ll ask you to select a program, click on browse and select the Connect.bat file you created earlier.

After selecting the file, type a name for your task and select its repeating schedule Daily, Monthly etc.

After this, it’ll ask you time for starting the task, and then it’ll require you to enter your Windows Account password, Enter your password and click next and then Finish. That’s it, your task has been scheduled.

Similarly, schedule the task for Disconnection and you’re done.

This trick works for both Windows XP and Vista.

Note: The Scheduled Task Wizard requires to enter password for your Windows User Account. If you don’t enter password, then scheduled task might not run. Create a password from User Accounts Panel if you don’t have one.

You can also use a scheduling utility Auto Power on and Shutdown to schedule tasks if Windows Scheduler doesn’t work for you or if you don’t want to create a password.

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Further Reading: Monitor your network usage with Net Meter or Speed Up your Broadband Connection