Possible that openVPN allways connects without window

susi

Hi,
I dont turn my pc off, but I put my pc in hibernation modus.

Everytime I start my pc, openVPN automatically connects with the last server (what is right and good) AND opens a window, where it shows the login parameters.

After it connects (about 7 seconds) it disappears.

Question: is it possible to make openVPN connect in silent mode WITHOUT a window? I mean, just connect in the background but without the information window in the foreground?

It would be nice, if someone could help. I start my pc everyday about 5-7 times (from hibernation) and everytime there is this window in the foreground. And I dont need it, because the login parameters and not important for me. AND if the one or the other time they interest me, I could take a look in the log file.

jdmillard

I'm not sure what your operating system is, but on Windows, you can go to services and set the OpenVPN service to always run on startup. I've done this and it seems to run rather seamlessly. I don't have any complaints about it. You will lose your tasktray icon (aka "notification area icon"), but that doesn't really bother me because you can still see that you are connected to the VPN when you click on "Network." You'll see it right below your standard network connection. By default the VPN will appear as "Unidentified Network" but you can learn to change that HERE.

I don't know about Linux or Mac yet (I don't have a Mac and I haven't gotten around to messing with my Linux machines), but I imagine that there is a similar function on either one.

Cheers!

Traffic

You could try the windows service wrapper instead of the GUI ..

See: Configuring OpenVPN to run automatically on system startup

jdmillard

I'm not sure why my post here didn't show up. I answered this question almost 24 hours ago. Do the moderators STILL need to approve every post of mine even after proving that I'm not an advertiser?

After posting a few legit non-advertising posts, they should clear our accounts for takeoff and let us post immediately. It seems way overcontrolled. No wonder there is so little forum traffic. I see a lot of people taking their questions to other sites.

jdmillard

I stand corrected. It seems that my posts work immediately now. There must be a post threshold of 5.

susi

I have found the solution:

In registry go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-SOFTWARE-Wow6432Node

Then change the value of "silent_connection" from 0 to 1.

And if you dont want the baloons, then change the value under "show_balloon" from 1 to 0.

Now everything runs good. I see only the icon in the tray changing the colors (grey, yellow and green).

I think this possibility should be in the options, because not everybody needs a visual confirmation everytime he connects.

Hoppe I can help someone.