nclauncher

PROJECT DETAILS

Author: Claus Brod Project homepage: http://www.clausbrod.de/Blog/DefinePrivatePublic20110820JuniperNetworkConnect Github: https://github.com/clausb/nclauncher

DESCRIPTION

Like many other companies, my company provides VPN access to its employees so that we can stay connected from our home offices or on the road. Most of the time, I connect to the company network through a web portal which downloads, installs and runs Juniper's "Network Connect" software on the Windows client system. That's all fine and dandy, except that I am a command-line guy and find it way too clumsy to fire up a web browser just in order to "dial in".

Fortunately, Juniper's Network Connect client has a command-line interface, and so here is a trivial DOS batch script which can be used to establish a connection in "I-don't-need-no-stinkin'-buttons" mode.

The script assumes that the Network Connect client has been installed and run in the usual manner (i.e. from the web portal) at least once. It will attempt to auto-detect the VPN host and user name, so in most cases all you have to specify is password information. Oh, and the script assumes you want to connect to the "SecurID(Network Connect)" realm by default, which requires entering a PIN and a number displayed on your RSA SecurID token.