equinux VPN Tracker 6.4.6 - Manual (Page 35)

Actions after Connecting
VPN Tracker can take care of any tasks that need to be performed after the
VPN connects.
For example, if you use your VPN connection to check your emails, you can ask
VPN Tracker to automatically check for new messages as soon as the connec-
tion has been established. Or if you always need to connect to a file server,
enter it here to make sure it’s available any time you connect the VPN.
You can use Actions in addition to your Secure Desktop to al-
ways perform a certain action after a VPN is connected, no mat-
ter which item is used on the Secure Desktop. For example, if
you have several applications in your Secure Desktop that re-
quire a file server to be connected, add your file server here to
always connect it when the VPN is connected.
Actions after Disconnecting
If there’s anything that needs to be taken care of before the VPN is discon-
nected, add it here.
For example, if you would like to make sure all file servers are safely discon-
nected before disconnecting the VPN, use the “Disconnect Servers in this VPN”
action
1 .
Actions that can take a long time have a timeout to make sure VPN Tracker
does not keep trying forever.
Actions can also be AppleScript or shell scripts. There is no limit
to what you can do!
Menu Bar Item
You can also control VPN Tracker directly from your menu bar, allowing you
full control over your VPN connection, without having to leave the application
you’re working in.
Click to start or stop
a connection. Check
mark indicate estab-
lished connections.
Access your Secure
Desktop items from
the menu bar.
The key in menu bar icon will turn
black, when you’re connected. The stop button will disconnect any file
servers and end all VPN connections.
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1 If you are using Secure Desktop, you don’t have to worry about disconnecting your servers. However, if you sometimes connect through the Finder, adding this action can be very useful.