requesting connection status via code or through CLI

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Hey there, I'm designing windows 10 app which needs to connect to a office based database via a remote laptop.

The laptop will have access to the office through the GlobalProtect VPN.

I need a way to query the GlobalProtect windows agent to see if there is an active VPN connection so I can start making database calls or use locally stored data.

Any ideas.

Currently I can either ping the officer server which will pause the app while it times out, or read through the Global Protect logs.

I am hoping I can make a quick call to the installed client.

Cheers

Aaron

[JoeAndreini]

What if you inspect the routing table?

It may take some tweaking to the GP configuration, but you should be able to have it install a route to the network or server that you can look for in the routing table.

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Hi Joe, 

Not as eligent as I was hoping, but certainly a much better step up then running through logs.  I'll most likely run with this solution for now until something better comes along.

Cheers

Aaron

[JoeAndreini]

There may be a better solution that I do not know of, just offering something I thought was better than pinging the host or searching the logs

[Remo · Accepted solution]

what about checking the network adapters? when Global protect isn't connected the network adapter will show also a disconnected status. One possible powershell command is:

get-netadapter

This will show all network adapters and their connection status and where you get a nice list of up and disconnected adapters. The Global Protect network adapters description is normally "PANGP Virtual Ethernet Adapter".