Installation Manager attempts to connect to internet

Resolving The Problem

If the system does not have a connection to the Internet, or you prefer not to allow Installation Manager to attempt to connect to ibm.com, you can turn off those connection attempts. Follow the steps below to turn off each of the Installation Manager features which connect to external networks.

1. Start Installation Manager.
   
   Note that you may skip or cancel the prompts for Passport Advantage credentials if you do not wish to connect to Passport Advantage when Installation Manager starts up.
   
   
   
2. From the main Installation Manager window, open the File menu and choose the Preferences... option, as shown highlighted below:
   
   
   
   
   
3. Deselect repositories connecting to external networks.
   
   In order to prevent Installation Manager from connecting to any web repositories, review the list of repositories in the "Repositories" section of the Preferences. De-select any repositories which are not on the local filesystem. For example, de-select any repositories that have a location starting with "http://" or "https://". For more details, continue reading this step.
   
   First, be sure that you are looking at the Preferences window in installation manager. The screen will look similar to what is shown below.
   
   
   
   
   In the region labeled 1, be sure to select the "Repositories" view, as shown here:
   
   
   
   
   In the region labeled 2, review the list of repositories. If you do not want Installation manager to connect to ibm.com to retrieve repositories, then deselect any repository location which begins with "http://" or "https://". The screenshot below shows some items as they are deselected:
   
   
   
   
   
4. Turn off the Search Service Repositories option.
   
   In order to prevent Installation Manager from connecting ibm.com to check for updates to your local repositories, open the "Repositories" section of the Preferences, and deselect the option at the bottom of the window which says, "Search service repositories during installation and updates". For more details, continue reading this step.
   
   First, be sure that you are looking at the Preferences window in installation manager. The screen will look similar to what is shown below.
   
   
   
   In the region labeled 1, be sure to select the "Repositories" view, as shown here:
   
   
   
   In the region labeled 2, deselect the checkbox next to the option which says, "Search service repositories during installation and updates", as shown here:
   
   
   
   
   
5. Turn off the option to connect to Passport Advantage.
   
   Installation Manager is capable of connecting to IBM's Passport Advantage resources, which allows you to download certain repositories directly from IBM. This requires a connection to ibm.com.
   
   In order to prevent Installation Manager from connecting to Passport Advantage, open the "Passport Advantage" section of the Preferences window, and deselect the option which says, "Connect to Passport Advantage". For more details, continue reading this step.
   
   First, navigate to the "Passport Advantage" section of the Preferences window. This is highlighted in the region to the left in the screenshot below. Then, deselect the checkbox next to the option which reads, "Connect to Passport Advantage". This is highlighted in region to the right in the screenshot below.
   
   
   
   
   
6. Turn off the option to search for Installation Manager updates.
   
   Installation Manager is capable of checking for newer versions of Installation Manager. This requires a connection to ibm.com.
   
   In order to prevent Installation Manager from connecting to ibm.com to search for updates to Installation Manager, open the "Updates" section of the Preferences window, and deselect the option which says, "Search for Installation Manager updates". For more details, continue reading this step.
   
   First, navigate to the "Updates" section of the Preferences window. This is highlighted in the region to the left in the screenshot below. Then, deselect the checkbox next to the option which reads, "Search for Installation Manager updates". This is highlighted in region to the right in the screenshot below.
   
   
   
   
   
   
7. Press OK at the bottom of the Preferences window to save your selections.
   
   After these preferences are saved, Installation Manager will no longer connect to external sites.