PowerShell/Docs/connect-vpn.md

connect-vpn.ps1

This PowerShell script tries to connect to the VPN.

Parameters

PS> ./connect-vpn.ps1 [<CommonParameters>]

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./connect-vpn.ps1

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Connects to the VPN
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script tries to connect to the VPN.
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./connect-vpn.ps1
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

try {
	$Connections = (Get-VPNConnection)
	foreach($Connection in $Connections) {
		if ($Connection.ConnectionStatus -eq "Connected") { throw "Already connected to VPN $($Connection.Name)" }
		if ($Connection.ConnectionStatus -ne "Disconnected") { continue }
		"Connecting to VPN $($Connection.Name)..."
		& rasdial.exe "$($Connection.Name)"
		if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "Cannot establish connection" }
		"Connected now."
		exit 0 # success 
	}
	throw "No VPN connection available"
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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