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2/9/2012 6:11 PM

AndyB

Joined: 2/8/2012

Posts: 4

VPn Connections

Hi,

With RDM (sorry ) you have the possibility to automatically add VPN - Connetions to your Remote Desktop connection. Is this available in RTS too? Could not find any possibility for it.

Regards

AndyB

2/9/2012 6:21 PM

StefanKoell

Joined: 8/11/2008

Posts: 1379

Re: VPn Connections

Hi Andy,

yes, you can add tasks to RDP connections to easily establish VPN connections before a RDP connection is opened.

Take a look at the Connect and Disconnect task settings:
http://www.code4ward.net/Help/RoyalTS...
http://www.code4ward.net/Help/RoyalTS...

Here are the details about the command tasks:
http://www.code4ward.net/Help/RoyalTS...

Right now, tasks are very generic command lines but we plan to extend the tasks in the future for tighter VPN integration.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any further questions.

cheers,
Stefan

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2/9/2012 8:05 PM

AndyB

Joined: 2/8/2012

Posts: 4

Re: VPn Connections

Hi Stefan,

I know these links. Neither a problem to work it out with a cmd file nor with direct commandset. It would work.

The real proble is in both cases

Start task
Accept the valid VPN-connection
Accept that you want to connect
Finally connection is established

It is timeconsuming and unnecessary.

As i need to connect to several servers in different companies every day it is really booooooring.

It's no problem for me today. I think of later versions, that might might have such management tool have implemented. RTS is perfect for 70 percent of my work next 10 to 20 percent would be reached with a good VPN solution

cheers

Andreas

2/9/2012 9:02 PM

StefanKoell

Joined: 8/11/2008

Posts: 1379

Re: VPn Connections

Hi,

can you be a bit more specific. I have integrated a couple of VPN solutions and except those SSL vpns where you need to log on to a web site, everything can be automated pretty well. Also, I'm also happy to hear your feature list for a better integration on this.

Regards,
Stefan

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2/10/2012 10:22 AM

R-Tech

Joined: 11/9/2010

Posts: 42

Re: VPn Connections

Hi Stefan and AndyB,

I too user RTS and have made tasks for VPN connections.

This is the way I did it:

connect task:

command: rasdial

options: "connection" user password

disconnect task:

command: rasphone

options: -h "connection"

This bypasses the GUI VPN which eliminates the need to log on or click anything.

Now you will just see a brief CMD screen with the connection progress and after that the RDP starts.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Ronald

Small note for Stefan,

I noticed with this way when my computer has just booted up sometimes the connection doesn't work.

Probably some windows component has not initialised at this point and the way to get around it is to start a GUI VPN manually, but i'm wondering if there's another way. Probably you can think of one?