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[dmcguire56]

I currently use cisco vpn client and want to automate the process of connecting and disconnecting inside a script. The line I use to start the cisco client is as follows:
"c:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\vpnclient" connect cliauth "myProfile" user "myName" pwd "myPassword"
When this is ran, I have to hit enter 3 times to get thru the username, password and domain prompts. Is there a way to have the script "hit enter" or is there a better way to automate the connection?

[vsivak]

Originally Posted by dmcguire56

I currently use cisco vpn client and want to automate the process of connecting and disconnecting inside a script. The line I use to start the cisco client is as follows:
"c:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\vpnclient" connect cliauth "myProfile" user "myName" pwd "myPassword"
When this is ran, I have to hit enter 3 times to get thru the username, password and domain prompts. Is there a way to have the script "hit enter" or is there a better way to automate the connection?

Hello this is a powershell script "Cisco AnyConnect Auto Login" I have created to automatically connect and log me in or auto reconect with Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client version 3.0.5080.
It works quite nice on Windows 7 and Windows 8.
1. Create file for example c:\test\CiscoVPNAutoLogin.ps1
2. Paste the code below into that file. Do not forget to change CiscoVPNHost, Login and Password variables.
3. Run the script. You can run it for example using following command line: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powersh ell.exe "C:\test\CiscoVPNAutoLogin.ps1"

Script code is following:

#Source www.cze.cz
#This script is tested with "Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client version 3.0.5080"
#Please change following variables

#IP address or host name of cisco vpn
[string]$CiscoVPNHost = "192.168.0.50"
[string]$Login = "LOGIN"
[string]$Password = "PASSWORD"

#Please check if file exists on following paths
[string]$vpncliAbsolutePath = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\vpncli.exe'
[string]$vpnuiAbsolutePath  = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client\vpnui.exe'

#****************************************************************************
#**** Please do not modify code below unless you know what you are doing ****
#****************************************************************************

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms -ErrorAction Stop

#Set foreground window function
#This function is called in VPNConnect
Add-Type @'
  using System;
  using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
  public class Win {
     [DllImport("user32.dll")]
     [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
     public static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);
  }
'@ -ErrorAction Stop

#quickly start VPN
#This function is called later in the code
Function VPNConnect()
{
    Start-Process -FilePath $vpncliAbsolutePath -ArgumentList "connect $CiscoVPNHost"
    $counter = 0; $h = 0;
    while($counter++ -lt 1000 -and $h -eq 0)
    {
        sleep -m 10
        $h = (Get-Process vpncli).MainWindowHandle
    }
    #if it takes more than 10 seconds then display message
    if($h -eq 0){echo "Could not start VPNUI it takes too long."}
    else{[void] [Win]::SetForegroundWindow($h)}
}

#Terminate all vpnui processes.
Get-Process | ForEach-Object {if($_.ProcessName.ToLower() -eq "vpnui")
{$Id = $_.Id; Stop-Process $Id; echo "Process vpnui with id: $Id was stopped"}}
#Terminate all vpncli processes.
Get-Process | ForEach-Object {if($_.ProcessName.ToLower() -eq "vpncli")
{$Id = $_.Id; Stop-Process $Id; echo "Process vpncli with id: $Id was stopped"}}


#Disconnect from VPN
echo "Trying to terminate remaining vpn connections"
start-Process -FilePath $vpncliAbsolutePath -ArgumentList 'disconnect' -wait
#Connect to VPN
echo "Connecting to VPN address '$CiscoVPNHost' as user '$Login'."
VPNConnect

#Write login and password
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("$Login{Enter}")
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait("$Password{Enter}")

#Start vpnui
start-Process -FilePath $vpnuiAbsolutePath
#Wait for keydown
echo "Press any key to continue ..."
try{$x = $host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")}catch{}

[virtualpal]

Thank you so much for the script. Unfortunately, when I try to run the script, it opens the Cisco AnyConnect GUI application and then I get a pop-up message "Connect not available. Another AnyConnect application is running or the functionality is not requested by this application."

Any suggestions on what could be causing this? I have tried to restart the PC to ensure that there is nothing running before executing the script. Any suggestions will be highly appreciated. Thank you.