How to make an Automator App to connect to a VPN

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How to make an Automator App to connect to a VPN

I have a machine at home that is connected all time to my office via a VPN.

As from time to time my internet connection drops, i would like to reset the VPN with an Ical event.

I wrote an automator script, either going to the menu bar clicking the VPN Icon, or launching system prefs, none are working...

Anyhelp appreciated

MAc OS Server 10.5.8

Mac Mini, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Sep 15, 2009 9:53 PM

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Answer 1

jaydisc

Level 4

1,464 points

Sep 16, 2009 12:14 AM in response to Gilles Baulard

Use an AppleScript step and put this in:


tell application "System Events"
 tell network preferences
 connect service "<networkportname>"
 end tell
end tell

Replace <networkportname> with whatever your VPN is named in Network prefs.

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