pyrasdialer

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A simple wrapper around Windows rasdial.exe program to help manage a VPN connection

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Details

pyrasdialer can be used to establish your VPN connection then monitor that connection (reconnecting if dropped) and disconnect after a specified period of time

Requirements

If running directly with python:

• Python 2.7
• A VPN provider and a configured VPN connection

If running Windows standalone (pyinstaller) version:

• A VPN provider and a configured VPN connection

Configuration

Read the pyrasdialer.ini for details on how to configure pyrasdialer. At a minimum you will need to set the following values:

• vpn_connection_name - with the name of your VPN connection
• server_list - with VPN server (or servers) you wish to use
• username and password - with the VPN username and password

pyrasdialer also requires access to your RAS phonebook file. It will make a copy of the relevant VPN details into a temporary phonebook file and use that temporary phonebook when calling rasdial.exe

Usage

usage: pyrasdialer [-h] [-v] [-c CONFIGFILE]

A wrapper around rasdial.exe to randomize server, connect, and monitor a VPN connection

optional arguments:
-h, --help              show this help message and exit
-v, --version           show program's version number and exit
-c CONFIGFILE, -config CONFIGFILE
                        path to configuration file to use (default = ./pyrasdialer.ini)