Test Vpn With Powershell

usecase

The concern is documenting my attempts to automatically authenticate to hashicorp stack with the start of the terminal — but sometimes I am out of VPN. The need is to check for VPN fast

1. find the VPN adapter

• go to network and sharing center

Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections

• rename the VPN adapter to vpn, see below

2. use the bracket notation to check for properties

• connected to the VPN is up
• disconnedted is disconnected, for example (the alias is already renamed adapter):

(Get-NetIPConfiguration -InterfaceAlias "vpn").NetAdapter.status
Disconnected

3. sources

• Breaking out of a PS command after a certain amount of time? : PowerShell
• PowerShell Equivalent Cmdlets for IPConfig, PING, and NSLookup — Next of Windows