Control VPN Connection

[adam6806]

I've been searching around to no avail. Here is the situation. At specific times I want my computer to use a vpn connection and at certain times my normal connection. I would like to use eventghost to turn my vpn connection on and off at specific times.... Anyone?

[bskchaos]

What kind of VPN? If you are using OpenVPN you can use command line to start and stop the client.

[Pako]

I just tested the VPN connection/disconnection in Windows 7.
It works very reliably. I did it as follows:

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And here are the scripts:
Connection:

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VPNname = "name of my VPN connection"
VPNusername = "my VPN username"
VPNpassword = "my VPN password"
from subprocess import Popen, SW_HIDE
args = ["rasdial"]
args.append('"%s"' % VPNname)
args.append(VPNusername)
args.append(VPNpassword)
Popen(args,  creationflags=SW_HIDE, shell=True)

Disconnection:

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VPNname = "name of my VPN connection"
from subprocess import Popen, SW_HIDE
args = ["rasdial.exe"]
args.append('"%s"' % VPNname)
args.append("/disconnect")
Popen(args,  creationflags=SW_HIDE, shell=True)

Pako