--- title: "Offline AI, No Internet · AssistantGeneral" description: "One switch closes every connection beyond your local network and logs the hosts reached each day; an offline installer suits air-gapped sites." url: "https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/features/offline-mode/" source: "https://royalsoftworks.com" format: "markdown" note: "Markdown rendering of the HTML page at `url`. Same content, same canonical URL." --- Features · Security and administration # Pull the plug and keep working. One switch closes every connection beyond your local network and logs the hosts reached each day; an offline installer suits air-gapped sites. [Editions](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/editions/): Pro, Enterprise and Government can switch it; on a managed desk the administrator sets it. ## Offline mode, feature by feature Each comes with a small drawing of how it works. They are diagrams, not screenshots; numbers in them are examples. - ### One switch Offline mode closes every connection that leaves your local network. Diagram: Connection, then “Local network?”: yes, Allowed; no, Closed. - ### Or an allow-list Keep the local network, plus only the outside hosts you list. Diagram: Connection, then “Local or listed?”: yes, Allowed; no, Blocked. - ### Refused before the name leaves A blocked address is refused before it is even looked up, so not even the name goes out. Diagram: Blocked host → Refused → No name lookup. - ### What counts as local This computer, private network addresses and local names, plus the company server, your own model server and cluster machines this install was pointed at. Diagram: This PC, 192.168.x.x, \*.local, Company server, Cluster nodes. - ### A record of every host Each day's outside connections are counted per host, blocked ones too, and the status line shows the totals. Diagram: Example day: connections counted per host, blocked ones too. - ### An offline installer An installer variant carries the engine and models on disk and never reaches for the network on its own. Diagram: Offline installer leads to The app, The engine, The models. - ### The engine from a file Where downloads are blocked, the engine can be installed from a file you bring in. Diagram: Engine file → Install → Runs offline. - ### What still goes out, and only if used Activating a paid licence (once), the first model download on the online installer, and any cloud model, connector or research source you choose to use. Diagram: What can still go out: activating a paid licence once, the first model download on the online installer, and any cloud model, connector or research source you choose to use. - ### Set by IT, not loosened at the desk An organisation's network rule cannot be loosened on the desk. Programs the assistant starts, such as a shell command, are governed by the tool rules instead. Diagram: Desk setting, then “Looser than IT's?”: yes, Refused; no, Applied. ## Goes well with - [Privacy and security](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/features/privacy-and-security/) - [Local AI models](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/features/local-ai-models/) - [Policy controls](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/features/policy-controls/) [Previous Privacy and security](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/features/privacy-and-security/) [Next Backups and data](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/features/backups-and-data/) [All 31 feature classes](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/features/)