See & Toggle Wi-Fi and VPN in one touchbar button

Setup/Preset Sharing
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set activeInterfaces to do shell script "ifconfig -lu"

if activeInterfaces contains "ipsec" then

display notification "VPN Service Disconnected" with title "VPN Disconnecting..." sound name "Bottle"

set service_name to "nVPN"

if service_name is not null then

do shell script (do shell script "/usr/local/bin/vpnutil stop \"" & service_name & "\"")

end if

else

display notification "VPN Service is Connected " with title "VPN Connecting..." sound name "Bottle"

if activeInterfaces does not contain "ipsec" then

set service_name to "nVPN"

if service_name is not null then

do shell script (do shell script "/usr/local/bin/vpnutil start \"" & service_name & "\"")

end if

end if

end if

returnToBTT('please return a string like this somewhere in your script');
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This is what my VPN is named.

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wonder if you do not have vpnutil installed.

Try in terminal: /usr/local/bin/vpnutil or just vpnutil

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I don't. Is that a BTT command, or something on the system I need to install?

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I tried searching for vpnutil but I don't seen anything. Is this a BTT extension, or something on OS X I need to install?

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Here is VPNUTIL required for my script

vpnUtil.zip (9.6 KB)

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Thank you!

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Works like a charm. Thanks again!

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Hello,

first of all thank you very much for the tool.

Unfortunately I have a problem. When I click the button, the VPN connects, but when I click it again it doesn't disconnect.

I took your preset and only changed the VPN name. In addition, the button color does not change when the VPN is connected.

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Can nobody help me?

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@K2DesignLab can you help me please?

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Run this in terminal and report back what it shows while connected and not connected to VPN.

ifconfig -lu

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VPN connected: lo0 en0 en3 en4 en1 en2 p2p0 awdl0 llw0 utun0 utun1 utun2 utun3 utun4 utun5 en5 utun6

VPN disconnected: lo0 en0 en3 en4 en1 en2 p2p0 awdl0 llw0 utun0 utun1 utun2 utun3 utun4 utun5 en5

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@K2DesignLab

I found the mistake. I have entered utun6 instead of ipsec, now I can connect and disconnect VPN. But unfortunately, that's not gonna change icon. You got another tip for me?

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Check and change the same ipsec to your utun6 on the button widget code.

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Thanks thanks thanks, it works perfekt!

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@K2DesignLab Unfortunately I still have a problem. For me, the value utun6 changes constantly. Sometimes it's utun6, sometimes it's utun2 or utun3. I have no clue whats the cause of this. Can you insert an either or for the values?

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You're probably using a VPN like Tunnelblick or other openVPN and its not using a default or single interface. You may be able to force it to use a default interface or force it to close all interfaces before starting and after stopping. Worth a try...

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I use a VPN from my Fritzbox. How can I force a standard interface? I'm a little overwhelmed

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thanks guys, this works, I tried it with ClearVPN using utun3