VPNStatus
VPNStatus, a replacement for macOS builtin VPN Status
Blog post
https://blog.timac.org/2018/0719-vpnstatus/
Description
VPNStatus, an application that replicates some functionalities of macOS built-in VPN status menu:
- list the VPN services and their status
- connect to a VPN service
- disconnect from a VPN service
- possibility to auto connect to a VPN service if the application is running
Retry Delay
VPNStatus tries to reconnect to the VPN every 120s by default. You can change this value using a secret preference. To change the retry delay to 30s:
- Quit VPNStatus
- Run this command in a Terminal window:
defaults write org.timac.VPNStatus AlwaysConnectedRetryDelay -int 30
Ignored SSIDs
VPNStatus can optionally ignore one or more SSIDs, such that services are not autoconnected when the current Wi-Fi SSID is on the ignored list.
To set the list of ignored SSIDs:
- Quit VPNStatus
- Run this command in a Terminal window:
defaults write org.timac.VPNStatus IgnoredSSIDs "OneSSID,SecondSSID,Third SSID"
With the above example, if the current Wi-Fi network SSID is OneSSID, SecondSSID, or Third SSID, then the VPN will not autoconnect.
If the Wi-Fi network SSID is, say, FourthSSID, the VPN service will autoconnect, because it is not on the list.
Note that SSIDs are case-sensitive.