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#9 Imrovements: GUI showing status of the connection
I'd like to advise a feature into OpenVPNGUI so that it shows connection status when OpenVPN was started as service, not the service status itself, as it does when connecting manually by clicking "Connect". This behavior is expected - people want to see if they are connected not if the service is started.
Please someone take a look at this request. The Lack of visual feedback on connection status for openvpn as a service is generating a lot of complains here and it's almost driving my employee to buy a priprietary vpn solution
May I ask for what purpose you use the service currently. Is it just to get around the administrator/routes dilemma, since Vista?
I admit, this issue has seen little attention. This is because there's a alternative service in the making that we're going to discuss (and hopefully merge) at this year's OpenVPN hackathon. With that your problem should be gone and this issue will become invalid.
Getting around UAC is a BIG usse. My user's don't have Admin privileges on their company-owned notebooks. And they need a "green" light telling the connection is OK because many of them use unreliable 3G networks.
I've heard about this "new service" years ago. But now I'm at the point where more users are on the VPN and I can't wait for months. I'll be forced to drop openvpn for a less secure, more expensive (more bugy?) but more user-friendly proprietary package. :-(
Is it so hard to improve the current OpenVPN GUI to give real connection status from the service? Or else to monitor the tap/tun interface, and the log file, if communicating with the service is so hard?
Any news? Where can I get that "alternative service" to test?
Still hoping for an answer... ;-)