One issue with VPN connections on macOS is that they do not automatically reconnect. This script will continually monitor the VPN connection and attempt to reconnect if the connection is lost.
vpnmon
This will monitor a VPN connection. If the connection is lost it will attempt to reconnect.
usage: vpnmon [--name=<CONNECTION_NAME>] [--secret=<SHARED_SECRET>] [--config=<CONFIG_FILE> ]
example configuration
{ "name": "superVPN", "secret": "supersecret", "connectionTimeout": 15, "waitTimeout": 5, "postConnect": "killall -TERM dnsmasq; /usr/local/sbin/dnsmasq" }
name = the name of the VPN connection (as seen in network settings) secret = the L2TP/IPSEC secret connectionTimeout = number of seconds to wait for the connection to be established waitTimeout = number of seconds to wait before checking the vpn connection status postConnect = a command to execute after the VPN is established
FAQs
One issue with VPN connections on macOS is that they do not automatically reconnect. This script will continually monitor the VPN connection and attempt to reconnect if the connection is lost.
We found that vpnmon demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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